From the CPU's perspective, a thread (short for "thread of execution") is merely an ordered sequence of instructions that tells the computer what to do.

Intel is exploring a new approach to scaling CPU performance with its recently patented Software-Defined Super Cores (SDC). This design would allow several smaller cores to work together on a single ...

Learn how to find number of CPU cores and threads in Windows 11/10 using System Information, PowerShell, CMD, Device Manager, Task Manager.

The flagship chip in the initial AMD Ryzen Threadripper line-up packs 16 physical processor cores and supports 32 threads through the use of SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading).

At Computex 2016 in Taipei last week, Intel announced their newest lineup of processors which included a brand new 10-core Extreme Edition processor. The focal point of Intel’s new line-up of ...

Microsoft processor groups enable developers of multi-threaded applications to transcend the previous 64-thread restrictions. But, why the 64-thread limit to begin with, and why did it take until just ...

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.

In this review, we’ve focused on the sheer might that is the Ryzen Threadripper 9980X—AMD’s 64-core, 128-thread powerhouse aimed at creators and pros who need serious multi-threaded ...

This may already be answered in another thread but here goes anyway. Suppose I have a 4 core processor with 8 threads of hyper threading. Let's take the Intel I7-4770K as an example. Does the fact ...