what is a dual core processor ?

Question

what is a dual core processor ?

Answer 1

A dual-core device contains two independent microprocessors. In general, multi-core microprocessors allow a computing device to exhibit some form of thread-level parallelism (TLP) without including multiple microprocessors in separate physical packages. This form of TLP is often known as chip-level multiprocessing.

It is NOT two distinct processors - NOT a true dual processor machine. Windows will show it as a dual processor in the task manager though.

Also, processing capacity is almost double a single core machine. This is a vast improvement over what Intel has called "hyperthreading".

Answer 2

Generally a processor has one core, or one brain. A dual core processor has 2 brains. Meaning it can do twice as much in the same amount of time, as long as the program it is running was made for a dual core processor.

Answer 3

Pentium 1
Pentium 2
Pentium 3
Pentium 4
Intel dual core
Intel Core Duo
Intel Core Duo 2

Answer 4

A dual-core processor is a processor that has two cores. It is capable of doing lots of things at once. (multitasking)
With a lot of RAM (at least 512MB), you could be running a virus scan and burning a DVD/CD with no slowdowns.

Answer 5

since the question is already answered...dont forget about Quad-core....4 cores under one lid :)

Answer 6

simply put it has 2 processors on it. means it handles multiple applications better