core count
Chip's brain tally
Core count is the number of processing units in a computer's CPU or GPU.
A higher core count generally means better performance for tasks that can run in parallel: This chip has an eight-core count.
The term appears frequently in discussions of computer hardware specifications: What's the core count on your new laptop?
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
- CPUMain computing chip
- multicoreHaving several processors
- siliconMetalloid in electronics
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