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- adjective computer hardware, of a processor Combining two or more independent
cores into a single package composed of a singleintegrated circuit
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The term multicore processor technology refers to a microprocessor architecture designed to contain a sequence of logical cores (CPUs) on one physical chip.
The Code Project Latest Articles logicchild 2010
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One technology puts the core circuitry of multiple calculating engines on each piece of silicon, creating what are called multicore chips.
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Indeed, as transistors have continued to shrink, rather than continuing to innovate, computer designers have simply adopted a so-called "multicore" approach, where multiple processors are added as more chip real estate became available.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN MARKOFF 2011
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(PhysOrg. com) -- MIT researchers have developed software that makes computer simulations of physical systems run much more efficiently on so-called multicore chips.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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(PhysOrg. com) -- MIT researchers have developed software that makes computer simulations of physical systems run much more efficiently on so-called multicore chips.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Another strategy is to package multiple processing units on the same chip, a technology called multicore computing.
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Another strategy is to package multiple processing units on the same chip, a technology called multicore computing.
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Such novel chips are called multicore microprocessors-or sometimes many-core microprocessors when a large number of cores are involved-to distinguish them from traditional single-core designs.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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(PhysOrg. com) -- MIT researchers have developed software that makes computer simulations of physical systems run much more efficiently on so-called multicore chips.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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(PhysOrg. com) -- MIT researchers have developed software that makes computer simulations of physical systems run much more efficiently on so-called multicore chips.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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