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Why does adding CPU cores make programs run faster?
Intel currently offers a 5.5GHz CPU, which represents the number of instructions the CPU can execute over time.
If a CPU has more than one core, it can execute more than one process at a time.
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What should I be looking at in order to speed up a program that needs a lot of processor power and cores?
I want to build a system in order to run one particular specialised program as fast as possible (currently it can take up to 50 hours to do a run on my laptop with an I5-processor).
The program is ...
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How are GHz in multicore processors computed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How fast is each core in a dual-core processor?
I am debating between two systems (for simplicity):
(1) 2.9 GHz dual core processor
(2) 2.3 GHz quad core processor
Now, ...
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Multi-core CPU: can I say I have a 3x2.1GHz=6.3GHz CPU?
I have an AMD A6-3500 three-core CPU. AMD System Monitor shows each core with a maximum 2100 MHz. This also shows in AMD OverDrive.
Does this processor run at the speed 3*2100 MHz?
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Multi-core processor speed
Might be a basic question: is the clock rate (1.7 GHz, etc.) that is mentioned for multi-core processors (e.g., Intel i5, i7) the clock rate per core, or it is the total speed of all cores combined?
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Usefulness of multi-core in the context of power-efficient computing
I'm considering options for a new portable PC. I'd like to keep power utilization at a minimum, while being able to run batch jobs as quickly as possible. Batch jobs I can generally parallelize ...
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