A CPU chip that contains two distinct processing units that work in parallel. IBM introduced dual core Power 4 CPUs in 2000, followed by Sun and HP in 2004 and x86-based Pentiums in 2005.

The RS1 only ever shipped with two dual-core CPUs: the Pentium Gold G7400 and the Celeron G6900. Although Intel’s weakest stock cooler isn’t particularly robust, it doesn’t struggle to cool ...

While 2013 was a down year for PCs in general, there were still plenty of x86 processors sold during the 12-month span. According to data from the NPD Group, a Port Washington, N.Y.-based market ...

Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) processor. The Pentium’s architecture was highly innovative in many ways, and one of [Ken]’s ...

If the system becomes unstable you may have to bump up the processor voltage (which involves another piece of wire). In the article, Dan Zhang is able to take a 1.8GHz Pentium M to 2.4GHz.

Processors with similar names could be anything from brand new to 15-plus years old. For example, Core i5 processors from 2008 have the ... Up until recently, there were separate brands for Celeron ...

A set of chips that provides the interfaces between an Intel CPU ... Pentium 4 and Celeron D in LGA775 chip package. Includes Ethernet and HD Audio. 915GL includes graphics and supports 4GB dual ...