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.

So if a CPU is a dual-core, then supposedly only two threads can be served simultaneously. However, Intel has introduced a technology in recent years called Hyper-Threading.

If you're building your own computer, things can quickly get complicated. Here's what CPU or processor cores are and how many your CPU should have.

The Intel Core i5 14600K 14-Core, 20-Thread CPU is a powerful mid-range CPU that replaces the last generation Intel Core i5 13600K with higher clocks on both its performance and efficiency cores ...

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 ...

Your CPU core isn't a single unit. Even putting aside things like L1 and L2 caches, and the registers where the core loads and stores values, modern processor cores have numerous functional units ...

It has 32 cores and 64 threads to throw at workloads, and is 53 percent faster in multi-threaded tasks than Intel's flagship Core i9-7980XE, according to AMD.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a new Zen 5 8-core/16-thread CPU from AMD using 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache, to provide a large 96MB ...

Intel's Application Optimization (APO) support for its Core Ultra 200S processors expands with 15 new games, improving ...

If you're building your own computer, things can quickly get complicated. Here's what CPU or processor cores are and how many your CPU should have.