Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today demonstrated its first dual-core microprocessors at its Austin office. Dual-core processors, which are set to hit the market next year, offer improved performance ...

Most consumer PCs are designed for a single Intel or AMD processor, and dual CPU setups are primarily found in servers designed for heavy workloads. This is because these days, most standard CPUs have ...

PC vendors are launching more and more computers with dual- and quad-core processors, promising users that the expensive machines can juggle more applications at work or play better games at home. But ...

The big picture: Intel may have long discontinued its Pentium and Celeron processor lineups, but the company still caters to the entry-level market with the affordable "Intel Processor" series. Last ...

I used to have a simple Windows Server 2003 machine with pretty crappy parts (1.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, etc), and I just rebuilt it to be a pretty decent machine (Opteron 165 @ 2.5 GHz [dual-core], 2 GB ...

PC vendors are launching more and more computers with dual- and quad-core processors, promising users that the expensive machines can juggle more applications at work or play better games at home. But ...

So I recently put together a new computer, and I have a maddening problem: while playing games, the internet seemingly dies. For instance, I've been trying WoW, and it looks like I get a few initial ...