The Ryzen 7 2700X CPU in this PC has 8 cores and 16 threads (“logical processors”). That’s all you have to do to find out your core count.

Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is a trick that lets the processor work more than one thread at a time. The front end of the processor alternates among the different threads in a form of time ...

If you're building your own computer, things can quickly get complicated. Here's what CPU or processor cores are and how many your CPU should have.

What clock speed, core capabilities, and heat dispersion techniques should use for your CPU? Here's everything you need to know about central processing units.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) will double the processor count in its Itanium servers in 2004, as the company attempts to fill a technology gap caused by Intel Corp.’s decision not to make multi-core ...