The phone comes with either a 1.9-GHz quad-core processor or a 1.6-GHz octa-core processor, depending on the market.
The Galaxy Note II is T-Mobile's first device with a quad-core processor, featuring Samsung's 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos processor.
Certainly, a high-end quad-core CPU is faster for general computing than a high-end dual-core CPU, all else being equal.
Heavy users can use "Eco Mode, " a setting which extends battery life by dynamically switching between quad- and dual-core operation.
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So, neophilia aside, is there a good reason to push an as-yet-unreleased quad-core A6 processor into a notional iPhone 5?
Similarly, Apple bumped up the specs on its Xserve, slotting a pair of 45-nanometer quad-core Xeon's into its rack-mounted server.
Processor designer Advanced Micro Devices announced updates to its A-Series lineup of dual- and quad- core desktop and notebook processors Tuesday.
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The entry-level quad-core chipsets will help Qualcomm address the growing demand for low-end phones that can offer higher levels of performance.
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Configure-to-order options include faster quad-core processors up to 2.7 GHz, up to 16GB of memory and flash storage up to 768GB.
You can get your spin on from next month, at the aforementioned quad-benjamin price-point, or tease yourself with the PR past the break.
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Bugatti showed the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, a 1, 200-horsepower convertible packed with a 8.0-liter, quad-turbocharged W16 engine that tops out at 267 miles per hour.
Apple announced a new Mac Pro that pairs two of Intel 's new 45-nanometer quad-core 3.2-gigahertz Xeon processors, putting eight processor cores into Apple's powerful workstations.
The BRABUS engine specialists also fit the engine with larger turbochargers, a more efficient intercooling system and a stainless-steel high-performance quad exhaust system with free-flow metal catalysts.
Incorporating 72 custom NVIDIA GeForce GPU cores and the first quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU, Tegra 4 delivers record-level performance, outstanding graphics, and great battery life to mobile devices.
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According to the rumored specs, both are tipped to rely on MediaTek's quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC, include dual-SIM support and run Android 4.2.1 (skinned, of course).
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Powering all 85 inches of high-def visuals is a quad-core processor, which should also help to up-sample 1080p footage to make better use of that Ultra HD (4K) resolution.
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This and other dual-core and quad-core smartphone products supporting TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and LTE will expand our addressable market, improve our product mix and position us for strong growth this year.
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The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features a faster 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, and the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook comes with a new 2.7 GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory.
That said, reviewers' verdicts of the new high-end Trinity laptop APU, the 2.3GHz quad-core A10-4600M, do include some dizzying highs and despairing lows, which are still kinda surprising in their own way.
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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.
Built to run on the company's quad-core Kal-El processor, it shows us the first example of true dynamic lighting on mobile devices and also throws in some impressive physics calculations like fully modeled cloth motion.
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With a brand-new quad-core processor (i7-3632QM) developed by Intel, a high-end Nvidia GeForce GXT 660M and 8GB of RAM, the new Blade isn't quite at the top of the performance ladder, but is definitely within shouting distance.
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Improvements to the Xperia line aren't merely cosmetic, though: Sony's added a 13-megapixel camera (featuring the HDR video-capable Exmor RS sensor) and a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro -- Qualcomm's most potent mobile processor currently available.
All three feature the same set of internal hardware: a dual-core 1.6GHz Rockchip CPU and an unnamed quad-core GPU. The pre-production units we handled were running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and all feature high-res IPS screens.
Alcatel wasn't shy about letting the world know that it'd debut a quad-core 5-inch smartphone here at CES, but now we have a better understanding of the company's lofty ambitions for the One Touch Scribe HD.
What we do know is that we were looking at a quad-core Mali-T604 and dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor, with a fabrication size in the range of "28 to 40 nanometers" (confirming the exact size would reveal the manufacturer).
Saint Andrews also gave new iPads and MacBooks to all 90 faculty members, upgraded its aging Windows 2000 servers to ultra-fast quad-core Apple XSERVE servers, and installed a whole new Wi-Fi infrastructure, according to Larry Tremblay, technology director at Saint Andrews.
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The Brahma15 is a 21, 000 DMIP Quad-core ARMv7-A instruction set compatible multiprocessor. 32KB instruction and 32KB data caches per processor are backed by a shared 2MB L2 cache and feed the multi-issue, out-of-order superscalar 15-stage plus write back pipeline of the Brahma15.
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Having gotten up close and personal with a working P780 (photos after the break), Sina Weibo user Lisancha added that said phone features dual-SIM with dual-standby, a quad-core MediaTek chipset (likely the Cortex-A7-based MT6589) and a launch date set for the second-half of May.
As it's described, it could largely be what we'd expect from the ME370T being revived as an Android 4.1 reference device: a 7-inch, quad-core Tegra 3 slate with a front 1.2-megapixel camera, NFC, 8GB to 16GB of storage and a 1280 x 800 IPS-based LCD.
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