Well they are Quad core, only 1 of the cores is defective so they turn it off, or that is what I heard AMD did. It is cheaper than a Quad core, but faster than a Dual Core, and in most instances you would only need 2/3 of the 4 cores in a Quad, so it makes sense.
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mattclarkie @ Feb 17th 2008 2:03PM
Well they are Quad core, only 1 of the cores is defective so they turn it off, or that is what I heard AMD did. It is cheaper than a Quad core, but faster than a Dual Core, and in most instances you would only need 2/3 of the 4 cores in a Quad, so it makes sense.