A processor for a computer I looked up is Dual Intel Xeon 2.0 GHz. What does that dual part mean? It sounds farmiliar, but I don't think it means what I think it does.
Dual Processors means 2 processors work in Tandem to give higher efficiency. It however doesn't mean that if there are 2 processors of 2 GHz then the speed will be 4 GHz
The reason being:
if you want to execute
A+B
B+C
Then these 2 instructions cannot be executed in 2 different processors because they are dependent processes.
While at the same time
A+B
C+D
can be executed at same time hence reducing the execution time by half.
Dula Core Processors means 2 processors have been fabricated onto a single Silicon wafer. Therefore reducing the Bus and inter connecting the processors directly.
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