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Dual core - a lesson from history?
Blog We all know that dual-core computing has been a smashing success, because Intel and friends delight in telling us so. Indeed, lots and lots of dual core processors have been sold. However, I doubt many people sat down and decided that a dual-core...
[October 22, 2007, 0:21]
Dual-core Xeon set for 2006 release
News Intel's first dual-core Xeon processor is scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2006, a company executive said on Monday, meaning that it will be out several months after a competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices.
[October 19, 2004, 8:40]
Dual-core chips will not share cache
News The dual-core chips that Advanced Micro Devices and Intel plan to bring to market next year won't be sharing their memories. Similarly, each core of the dual-core Opteron will have separate caches, said Marius Evers, a researcher at AMD.
[August 26, 2004, 8:20]
Dual-core Opterons to debut early
News AMD is expected to launch new dual-core Opteron chips later this month, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned. AMD will announce at an event on April 21 in New York that the first dual-core Opteron processors are available, months ahead of...
[April 8, 2005, 8:55]
Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD review
Reviews Dual core processors work best when software can run in parallel on them. Administering the threads carries an overhead, though, which means that dual core processors are never exactly twice as fast as their single core counterparts.
[November 2, 2005, 23:00]
Dual-core servers review
Reviews Multi-core processor technology is having a big impact in the datacentre, with dual-core servers, in particular, now commonplace. In the industry-standard market, however, Intel and AMD are the main players and both offer 64-bit dual-core — and...
[February 26, 2007, 15:21]
Dual-core Xeon wait shortened
News Intel plans to release its first dual-core server processors this year instead of next, and it will employ an unusual manoeuvre to catch up to AMD in the key competitive area. Intel's "Paxville" dual-core version of Xeon, designed for machines with...
[August 16, 2005, 9:00]
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7100 Series-Based Server Yields 300% Improvement for Microsoft
White Papers That report used to take about two weeks to produce compared to ten minutes with the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7100 series-based server - not doing any analysis of it, simply getting the report together.
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
Dual-core AMD Turion: slow out of the gate review
Reviews The early results on AMD's dual-core Turion 64 X2 mobile processor are not encouraging, either in terms of performance or power management. Although the nx6325 topped the Core Solo-based Toshiba Tecra A6 by 15 percent on SysMark, we expected a...
[June 26, 2006, 10:35]
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 Series Makes Energy-Efficient Datacentre a Reality
White Papers Dell supplied a Dell PowerEdge 1950 server powered by two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5100 series and performance was compared to Dell PowerEdge 1850 server powered by two single-core Intel Xeon processors.
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
Dual-core Itanium finally ready
News Intel will launch its "Montecito" version of Itanium, the first dual-core version of the processor, on 18 July, sources familiar with the event said. Montecito will mean Intel has a dual-core answer to Sun and IBM, which have both sold dual-core...
[July 10, 2006, 10:30]
Dual-core not quite two for the price of one
Leader If you were wondering when dual-core processors were going to enter the mainstream, the answer is now revealed - it should be very soon. AMD is pricing its dual-core processors for the back-to-school market to persuade families that they need a...
[August 1, 2005, 13:50]
Dual-core Xeons play to Dell's strengths
News Dell's new dual-core, quad-socket PowerEdge edge servers are being targeted at shops migrating to Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and other enterprise applications that traditionally sat on two and four-way servers but which are now scaling...
[November 2, 2005, 15:55]
Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD
Talkback At the moment, with the presented review, I don't have a clue whether how useful it would be to upgrade my Athlon XP 2000+ to such a dual-core chip. Regarding the multimedia related tests in general and more specifically the video and audio...
[November 5, 2005, 18:20]
Dual-core Itanium chip gets airing
News Montecito, Intel's first dual-core chip, will contain nearly two billion transistors but will run cooler than its existing relatives. A member of the Itanium family of server processors, Montecito will contain 1.7 billion transistors, making it...
[February 7, 2005, 8:10]
Scalability and Performance of Hp Proliant Bl20p G3 Server Blades With Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2.8 Ghz/2 Mb) Processors in an Hp SBC Environment
White Papers This server blade delivers high-performance Dual-Core Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz/2 MB processors, SAN storage capability, up to 8 GB of PC2-3200 ECC DDR2 memory, and four gigabit NICs standard. This paper demonstrates that a 2P HP ProLiant BL20p G3 server...
[March 2, 2009, 22:01]
A Comparison of Single-Core and Dual-Core Opteron Processor Performance for HPC
White Papers Dual-core AMD Opteron processors represent the latest significant development in microprocessor technology. This paper, using the IBM eServer 326, examines the performance of dual-core Opteron processors.
[September 15, 2005, 3:00]
Intel reveals second-gen dual-core details
News Intel President Paul Otellini announced three second-generation dual-core processors on Thursday and said first-generation prototypes are faring well. In February, Intel said it was working on 15 dual-core chip designs and on Thursday Otellini...
[May 6, 2005, 9:05]
The Benefits of Dual-Core Processors in High-Performance Computing
White Papers This paper examines the real-world advantages of dual-core processors; specifically how the new dual-core AMD Opteron processors benefit users in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment. The next step in advanced processor technology...
[May 29, 2007, 5:20]
Optimizing Linux for Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors
White Papers The introduction of x86 dual- or multi-core technology will change commercial and consumer computing while offering new opportunities for software developers. Novell has optimized its SUSE Linux enterprise products for AMD64 dual-core technology.
[April 4, 2007, 1:00]
