cpu cores

[Deep_Level_Shark]

How many cpu cores a processor can have ?

[Miuku.]

As many as technology allows at the time, naturally.

Currently the highest "normal user" cpu are hexa-core (6) with octa-core (8) available at a premium cost.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

As many as there can be. Currently, on the desktop processors, we have seen 8 cores, at max. Though there are processors that have more than 1000 cores

[Deep_Level_Shark]

Which is a good ?

2 processor box.

Or.

1 processor with 2 cpu cores box

[Site Lab]

Depends on the processors, and what you are using it for.

1 processor with 2 cores would be like Desktop and a 2 processor box would be more like a Server (However, i think there is a sandybridge-e motherboard that supports 2 cpus....)

[Miuku.]

A dual socket system with two hexa-cores ;-)

(I only have double quad core, hoping to see a refresh in the future so I can jump up to 16 cores)

Seriously though, unless you have very specific needs (that make you money, or you have so much that you don't have to care) a single socket multi-core cpu will serve all your needs.

[Daedroth]

The amount of cores per chip depends on what the technology allows. At the moment, hex cores are around.

Which is a good ?

2 processor box.

Or.

1 processor with 2 cpu cores box

2 processors on one chip is better than two chips with a processor each. Why? Because you can have a dual socket motherboard, and put 2x dual core processors, which means you'd have 4 processors in total. Rather than two (one per chip).

[butilikethecookie]

I have a 6 core right now and I have to tell you: It's fat as ****! Really there is no other way to describe it! If you REALLY need a hecta core you:

A. Are someone I can Google and the only thing that comes up is a **** load dollar signs

B. Are a multitasking crack head that just got done eating another crack head

C. Are a serious Developer/Photographer/Gamer/business man that want to multitask like a crack head

D. Don't know what "overkill" is because you are a crack head

Hecta ($$$2000.00$$$) :|

http://www.amazon.co...data/B007KAGKHU

[TEX4S]

I have a 6 core right now and I have to tell you: It's fat as ****! Really there is no other way to describe it! If you REALLY need a hecta core you:

A. Are someone I can Google and the only thing that comes up is a **** load dollar signs

B. Are a multitasking crack head that just got done eating another crack head

C. Are a serious Developer/Photographer/Gamer/business man that want to multitask like a crack head

D. Don't know what "overkill" is because you are a crack head

Hecta ($$$2000.00$$$) :|

http://www.amazon.co...data/B007KAGKHU

Isnt the s2011 3960x @ $999 an octo-core ? (and the fastest chip on the market)

[+LogicalApex MVC]

The amount of cores per chip depends on what the technology allows. At the moment, hex cores are around.

2 processors on one chip is better than two chips with a processor each. Why? Because you can have a dual socket motherboard, and put 2x dual core processors, which means you'd have 4 processors in total. Rather than two (one per chip).

Multi-processor is better than multi-core...

Which is a good ?

2 processor box.

Or.

1 processor with 2 cpu cores box

As said above, Multi-Processor is best. In a multi-core setup you're sharing processor resources between multiple cores (so a quad core CPU with 4MB of L2 CACHE will have 1MB of cache per core, for instance) whereas dual processor will have 100% of the processor resources dedicated to it.

For that reason a dual processor, dual core CPU setup would be preferred over a single quad core CPU for CPU intensive tasks.

[Daniel_Pooh]

I believe the correct answer is if it can run Crysis.

[Krome]

Well you can run Solitair and Notepad at the same time.

[Deep_Level_Shark]

>>>Multi-Processor is best.

How many processor a system can support ?

[Daedroth]

Multi-processor is better than multi-core...

That's what I meant.

[spikey_richie]

How many processor a system can support ?

Google "Super Computers", in particular, Cray models.

This is the worlds fastest computer (currently); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_computer

[Ci7]

How many cpu cores a processor can have ?

as much as the law of physic would allow ;)