A reader recently contacted us and asked a question worth answering in an article. How does Windows (and perhaps all OS's) take advantage of multiple cores? Alternatively, if this function is built ...

Hello, I have an i7 920 with HT enabled and using Windows 7 x64 and I'm experiencing some issues with multi-core usage by applications. A lot of newer games and applications claim that they can ...

Still in patent stages, Intel’s Software Defined Super Core CPUs could deliver faster task processing and improved gaming performance. The tech would essentially use multiple cores to process a task ...