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.

Using the Penryn microarchitecture, Core 2 chips became available in single, dual and quad core models. See Core 2. In early 2006, and based on the existing Pentium M (mobile) architecture ...

Since dual-core and quad-core chips were just introduced to the market in the past year, looking forward to an 80-core chip is a major departure from the expected natural progression in ...

AMD plans to buck the trend for dual-core and quad-core processors by launching the world’s first triple-core processor early next year. The AMD Phenom triple-core chip for desktop PCs will be the ...