Myths vs Truths: Multicore CPUs

So you just bought a new computer with 6 CPUs running at 3GHz each? Wow! That’s a lot of horsepower!

…but is that really what you ended up with?

Even though multicore CPUs have been around for years now, it has constantly been a struggle for the average consumer to understand what exactly they’re getting themselves into. As a matter of fact, even many experts in the consumer technology field still have difficulty explaining with accuracy this magical invention that is dual-core, quad-core, hexa-core, and beyond. And really, who can blame a person for being a little bit on the confused side? With so many different configurations out there and so little to clearly explain what the difference is, most people end up either believing misinformation, or giving up entirely on knowing what’s in their machine. Well, no more. It’s Myths vs Truths again here today on ThinkBoxly, and we’re going to tackle this issue of multiple cores once and for all.