Chipmaker Via has announced an x86 quad-core processor that draws a very small amount of power.The Via QuadCore processor, announced on Thursday, has a thermal design power (TDP) rating of 27.

Executives with the Santa Clara, Calif., company said the clock speed of the recently released quad-core, 65nm dual-socket Xeon 5300 series would be increased to 3GHz from the current 2.66 GHz.

Broadcom will present additional details on the new 64-bit ARMv8 processor architecture at the Linley Tech Processor Conference at 9:45 a.m. on October 16, 2013 . For ongoing Broadcom news visit our ...

Mini Review Core i5-2400 3.1GHz is a performance CPU based on the 32nm, Sandy Bridge architecture. It offers 4 Physical Cores (4 Logical), initially clocked at 3.1GHz, which may go up to 3.4GHz ...

Instead, we look at the architecture of the CPU to give us a clue as to how fast it is. A quad-core CPU is actually constructed of four separate processors squashed on to a single chip.

Intel’s current lineup of Core i3 processors are almost entirely quad-core. Their Core i5 CPUs for desktop PCs boast 6-cores while mobile Core i5 processors are, again, mostly quad-core.

But instead of an ARM-based processor, this little PC sports a 1.5 GHz StarFive JH7110 quad-core processor based on RISC-V architecture.

The managing of data and connecting with the Starlink satellites above your head, is a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor -- a low-power computing core that is based on the ARM architecture. ARM's ...