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Quad Core Processor?Is It Some thing 4 Proccessors Combined?

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    Gandalf_TheWhite
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    My question is on Intel's New Quad Core Processor Technology This Quad Core Means - 4 CPU? And if there is not 4 CPU(Processor) Then How it is Quad Core It is same applicable for Core 2 Duo? Actually what are this Terminology Means?

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      My question is on Intel's New Quad Core Processor Technology This Quad Core Means - 4 CPU? And if there is not 4 CPU(Processor) Then How it is Quad Core It is same applicable for Core 2 Duo? Actually what are this Terminology Means?

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      A CPU is a single bit of hardware that handles general processing, you can have one or more CPU. A CPU Core is the part of the CPU that does the processing, you can have multiple Cores per CPU. In the case of the Core 2 Quad that means there are 4 Cores on 1 CPU.

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        A CPU is a single bit of hardware that handles general processing, you can have one or more CPU. A CPU Core is the part of the CPU that does the processing, you can have multiple Cores per CPU. In the case of the Core 2 Quad that means there are 4 Cores on 1 CPU.

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        Thanks for paying attantion! here, there are some more queries,Please guide. This Core is something like a Chip[Physically Present thing] or Just it's a kind a algorithm? If it is any kind of chip then how it works for a single application? Is that application distributes to 4 cores for process?, And thus it Improves Performence? Is it something like that? If there are 4 chip of core then it can Improve performence upto 4 times then a single core?? Actually I m still confuse in cores and it's work. :confused:

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          Thanks for paying attantion! here, there are some more queries,Please guide. This Core is something like a Chip[Physically Present thing] or Just it's a kind a algorithm? If it is any kind of chip then how it works for a single application? Is that application distributes to 4 cores for process?, And thus it Improves Performence? Is it something like that? If there are 4 chip of core then it can Improve performence upto 4 times then a single core?? Actually I m still confuse in cores and it's work. :confused:

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          A processor is a very difficult thing to understand all in one sitting. You will have to do some research about it yourself. If you don't know English all that well, Wikipedia.org[^] has several language translations. But a link to an English article about multi-core microprocessors is here[^]. To give you a light overview of the core: You are right, on a high level the "core", technically known as a die, is a physical aspect of the processor; but it is actually just a name for a group of specialized components. This is the main area of computing and largely includes the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)[^], a series of registers[^] (or boolean gates), and some tri-state[^] buffers whose functions are essentially "on", "off", and "disconnect". This is a gross understatement of the core, so to get a better idea of what it looks like, check out this picture[^] of the core, or die, of an x86 Pentium processor. From application to processor: Any piece of software on the computer, the Operating System (such as Linux, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, BSD, etc.), or any application that you install and use, and even any application that you may write, must all be converted at some point into a language known as Assembly Code[^]. This language is not standard for all processors and accompanying hardware, the name Assembly Code just refers to all languages that must directly be interpreted by the hardware. A single processor can only ever do one t

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            A processor is a very difficult thing to understand all in one sitting. You will have to do some research about it yourself. If you don't know English all that well, Wikipedia.org[^] has several language translations. But a link to an English article about multi-core microprocessors is here[^]. To give you a light overview of the core: You are right, on a high level the "core", technically known as a die, is a physical aspect of the processor; but it is actually just a name for a group of specialized components. This is the main area of computing and largely includes the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)[^], a series of registers[^] (or boolean gates), and some tri-state[^] buffers whose functions are essentially "on", "off", and "disconnect". This is a gross understatement of the core, so to get a better idea of what it looks like, check out this picture[^] of the core, or die, of an x86 Pentium processor. From application to processor: Any piece of software on the computer, the Operating System (such as Linux, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, BSD, etc.), or any application that you install and use, and even any application that you may write, must all be converted at some point into a language known as Assembly Code[^]. This language is not standard for all processors and accompanying hardware, the name Assembly Code just refers to all languages that must directly be interpreted by the hardware. A single processor can only ever do one t

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            That was really a wonderful info. :) 5/5 :-\ :rose: Thanks a lot for that one. But like to inform u that don't have access to Wikipedia, So i have to ask it here... Anyway thanking u for attending my so called common Query. :)

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              That was really a wonderful info. :) 5/5 :-\ :rose: Thanks a lot for that one. But like to inform u that don't have access to Wikipedia, So i have to ask it here... Anyway thanking u for attending my so called common Query. :)

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              Why don't you have access to Wikipedia?

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                Why don't you have access to Wikipedia?

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                It's Some kinda settings in firewall installed in my organization, and this is applicable to all employee. This is only for high bendwidth[Good Speed for (FTP)] and so called 'DISIPLINE' :mad: , Nothing else. So for me this code project is my wikipedia

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                  It's Some kinda settings in firewall installed in my organization, and this is applicable to all employee. This is only for high bendwidth[Good Speed for (FTP)] and so called 'DISIPLINE' :mad: , Nothing else. So for me this code project is my wikipedia

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                  Thats Aragon
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                  yes,same for me. Some good sites are blocked in my company also. :( Hey Gandalf, Good question man! It helped me...... :) Regards.

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                    yes,same for me. Some good sites are blocked in my company also. :( Hey Gandalf, Good question man! It helped me...... :) Regards.

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                    Do u really get what exactly Quad core is? if yes then please explain.. thanks ;P

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                      Do u really get what exactly Quad core is? if yes then please explain.. thanks ;P

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                      Ok, if you are still having trouble understanding what a quad core processor is then let me break it down for you (just keep in mind that this is on a very high level): Q::What is a quad core processor? A::A quad core processor is 4 processors on one chip. Q::What is the purpose of a quad core processor? A::If you are familiar with servers, you know that they often use more than one processor on the motherboard (or mainboard, system board, etc.). Many times they will use 2 and 4 processors. Compaq, among others, even makes a server with 8 processors on the motherboard. As you may know, these type of setups are very expensive. This is where quad core processors shine; they bring the same power of the high end servers to your desktop, and are much less expensive. Q::What can a quad core processor do for me? A::Let's pretend that you have a computer equiped with a quad core processor. Let's also pretend that you have 2 video cards each with dual monitor output, so we can drive 4 displays at the same time. Now we want to watch a movie in full HD on one monitor, surf the internet in another, do some serious photo editing with Adobe Photoshop in another monitor, and run a virtual machine of Windows Server 2003 hosting a website using IIS in another monitor. It sounds like a lot of stuff happening at one time, but with a quad core processor and enough RAM to keep up with it, this is possible. If you are still confused, try to give some details as to exactly what it is you are still confused about.

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