Quadcore vs Multicore - What's the difference?
quadcore | multicore | Hyponyms |
(computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of four cores.
* 2010 , George A. Tsihrintzis, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (page 18)
(computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 11, author=Laurie J. Flynn, title=Intel Raises Its Outlook; Rival Offers New Chip, work=New York Times
, passage=After several consecutive quarters of losing market share, Intel in recent quarters has released a host of new multicore processors, including its first quad-core chip
Quadcore is a hyponym of multicore.
As adjectives the difference between quadcore and multicore
is that quadcore is (computing|of a microprocessor) composed of four cores while multicore is (computer hardware|of a processor) combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.quadcore
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Adjective
(-)- The system runs on the PC with Fedora Linux operating system, 2.5 GHz quadcore processor and 4 GB of memory and is able to process 10 video frames per second in real time...
multicore
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Alternative forms
*multi-coreAdjective
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