Although computers with quad-core processors are typically faster than single-core models, the difference in speed depends on a number of factors. On a very busy system and under ideal conditions, a ...

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Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices, better known as AMD, have been the only significant producers of central processing units for personal computers since the advent of the PC segment in the 1980s ...