The dual corruption cases prompted another wave of admonishment from New York's top prosecutors and elected officials.

WSJ: Assemblyman Is Charged With Bribery

Obligingly, Samsung have provided a handy comparison chart by shipping its first wave of Galaxy S III devices to the US with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and internationally with a quad-core Samsung Exynos system-on-chip.

FORBES: Core Wars - What Will Power The iPhone 5?

As the initial wave of iPhone 5 reviews hit, it looked as if Apple's dual-core A6 processor was sporting a clock speed of around 1GHz.

ENGADGET: Apple's A6 CPU actually clocked at around 1.3GHz, per new Geekbench report