Comments on: Q&A: What’s The Difference Between A Dual Core Processor and Dual Processors?

By: I Caps

I Caps — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:10:22 +0000

Many people are confused and used to ask the difference between Core 2 duo and dual core or Core duo. So i wrote an article long back explaining everything in layman’s language. Read it here

http://www.ialwayscapital.com/2009/07/difference-between-intel-core-2-duo-vs.html

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By: Bwana

Bwana — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:29:05 +0000

Like I said, there's much more to this discussion and wanted to highlight the major differences without adding more confusion. Your more detailed explanation would have definitely confused him. My goal is to simplify as much as possible.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:38:46 +0000

I think you missed the mark on the dual core vs dual processors discussions. Dual processors might have their own caches, the caches on the dual cores and quad cores today are usually large enough to handle the sharing. Dual processors cannot wait on each other for work (resource sharing), while dual cores can. Having one bus instead of two is better. The only reason to go to a dual processor is because the current quad cores are not enough (ie. Mac Pro, Unix Servers, Mainframes, etc). In those big boxes the interconnects tend to be much more streamlined and the operating systems can take advantages of both the cores and multiple processors on the planar boards.

Brian