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In November 2006, Intel introduced the first quad-core microprocessors for the volume x86 market. The quad-core chips were designed to offer better performance compared with the previous generation of single- and dual-core processors. A little less than a

10 Things You Should Know About Quad-Core Processors - 9. Looking Beyond Quad Core
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It’s only a matter of time before vendors offer up the next big thing in processors. Sun Microsystems already offers an eight-core UltraSPARC processor for servers, and Intel and AMD each have plans to move to eight-core x86 chips as early as the en

 
 
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  1. 10 Things You Should Know About Quad-Core Processors
  2. 1. Intel vs. AMD: Different Packaging, Similar Results
  3. 2. The Advantage of Intel
  4. 3. The Advantage of AMD
  5. 4. Quad-Core Processors Work Best with Servers
  6. 5. Quad-Core Processors Offer Few Advantages for Desktops
  7. 6. Quad-Core Processors Provide Little or No Advantage for Mobile Systems
  8. 7. Quad Cores Are Better for Virtualization
  9. 8. Quad Cores Can Help with Cooling, Consolidation
  10. 9. Looking Beyond Quad Core
  11. 10. What
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