The big picture: Intel may have long discontinued its Pentium and Celeron processor lineups, but the company still caters to the entry-level market with the affordable "Intel Processor" series. Last ...

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Update: More related testing suggests Microsoft's Windows 11 is actually generally slower on Intel non-hybrid parts. Intel moved to a hybrid x86 CPU design for its 12th generation of Core processors ...

Update: Engadget confirms that this was a slip of the tongue, and not actually a netbook with a dual core CPU. Probably not. But during a presentation at WinHEC yesterday, a presenter pulled out an ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...