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What is a dual core?

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Tuesday November 24, 2009
You can hardly turn around today without seeing a commercial for a computer sporting

"dual core" processor

. That's all well and good, but what is a dual core processor?

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Show Notes

- "Dual Core" processors are really two processors on one circuit, or die.

- Each processor has full access to the BUS, and you have twice as much processing power.

- Dual core processors are particularly useful for multitasking.

- Dual core processors depend on the software and operating system to take advantage of the extra power.

- A Quad Core processor has four cores.

- Multi-core processors will achieve their full potential as more and more software takes advantage of them.
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