Example: "Apple's Mac Pro workstations have quad-core CPUs." 
 Quad-core CPUs have four processing cores. These cores act as separate processors, but reside in a single chip. A quad-core CPU can process instructions using all four cores at the same time, but the computer's software must support multiprocessing in order to use the four cores effectively.
 Last Revised: September 7, 2009 |
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