[Malvern] Multi Core Processors

[Chris Eilbeck]

Ian Pascoe <ianpascoe at btinternet.com> wrote :

> Hi
> 
> I'm going round in ever decreasing circles!  Can someone
> please put me straight ....
> 
> How many sockets, on a motherboard, do multi-core processors
> require? 

It appears most motherboards take a single chip which has either two or four cores on it.  

http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=82&l3=249&l4=0&model=1341&modelmenu=1

There are some higher end motherboards that'll take two of these chips like 

http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=299&l4=0&model=1746&modelmenu=1

Chris