multicore
adjective
mul·ti·core
ˌməl-tē-ˈkȯr 
-ˌtī-
: having, consisting of, or involving multiple cores
multicore cables
especially
: having multiple computer cores (see core entry 1 sense 1f)
a multicore processor
multicore operations
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The consoles’ multicore processors used the Cell architecture developed by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, which was well suited to running lots of computing processes in parallel, as is required in cryptanalysis.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2024
The base MacBook Pro M3 with the same processor does have slightly better multicore performance than the 13-inch Air, likely due to its active cooling, but it’s actually beaten by the 15-inch Air, likely due to that Air’s larger, passive heatsink.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
The Air M3s are 16 to 18 percent faster in single- and multicore processing than the M2s with the same CPU and GPU core counts.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Intel currently produces multicore Xeon and Xeon Phi processors and other hardware, but has had no equivalent to the GPUs that currently dominate deep learning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2016
None of these machines is designed for heavy, multicore workloads, though.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
In our multicore Handbrake video encoding test, Lunar Lake ran behind everything from recent Ryzens to 12th-gen Intel chips, to say nothing of Apple’s M3.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
Compared to the 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 laptop, Apple has the single-core win while Microsoft wins on multicore—although the Snapdragon ships with 10 or 12 cores, compared to the eight cores of the M3.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
This is, arguably, a welcome course correction since 12th-gen Core CPUs seemed to prioritize multicore performance gains at the expense of battery life.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2024
The base MacBook Pro M3 with the same processor does have slightly better multicore performance than the 13-inch Air, likely due to its active cooling, but it’s actually beaten by the 15-inch Air, likely due to that Air’s larger, passive heatsink.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
The Air M3s are 16 to 18 percent faster in single- and multicore processing than the M2s with the same CPU and GPU core counts.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Intel currently produces multicore Xeon and Xeon Phi processors and other hardware, but has had no equivalent to the GPUs that currently dominate deep learning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2016
None of these machines is designed for heavy, multicore workloads, though.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
In our multicore Handbrake video encoding test, Lunar Lake ran behind everything from recent Ryzens to 12th-gen Intel chips, to say nothing of Apple’s M3.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
Compared to the 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 laptop, Apple has the single-core win while Microsoft wins on multicore—although the Snapdragon ships with 10 or 12 cores, compared to the eight cores of the M3.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
This is, arguably, a welcome course correction since 12th-gen Core CPUs seemed to prioritize multicore performance gains at the expense of battery life.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Multicore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multicore. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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