What is a dual-core chip?
A dual-core processor differs from a single-core chip in that it has two physical computer processing unit, or CPU, cores on a single die. So when you buy a PC with an Intel or AMD dual-core processor, the CPU architecture will have two processor cores bridged together with electronics circuitry. How do dual-core designs differ from traditional CPU designs? Dual-core processing is based on parallelism, which involves increasing PC performance by relying on more than one processor core for computing tasks. Boosting processor performance has traditionally meant power consumption has risen proportionally with increasingly more powerful and smaller circuitry sizes — which are now as small as 90 nanometers. Increased power consumption means more fans are needed for cooling, and fan noises can increase to unacceptable levels (unless liquid cooling is used, but that alternative requires know-how and time most users don’t have). By relying on parallelism, dual-core chips help to solve the hea
