[clug] Dual core or dual processor?

[Cameron Patrick]

Mike Carden wrote:

> On 11/27/06, Ian McCulloch <ianmcc at physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> 
> >A dual core machine is the same as a dual processor system, the only
> >difference being that the two processors are on the same physical piece of
> >silicon.
> 
> I had some idea that there was a difference in on-die caches between
> dual core and discrete dual processors and that dual core is second
> best. Then again, I'm probably either misguided or Living in the Past.

My understanding was the modern dual core designs were actually _faster_
cache-wise than dual-socket single-core systems - but there's really not
very much difference.

Dual-socket dual-core is where it's really at :-)  That kind of set-up
requires rather a bit of cash, of course.

Cameron