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What is the purpose of activating the cores of your processor?

vevoman Posted messages 26 Status Member -  
vevoman Posted messages 26 Status Member -
Hello, as the title suggests, I wanted to know what activating the cores of my processor would bring me? As soon as I get to the window, I scroll through the core count bar and it tells me I have 8, which seems like a pretty high number given that my PC configuration is:
-Intel Core i7 3632QM 3.2GHz

Thank you in advance for your responses :)

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    epango Posted messages 36739 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassador 4 271
     
    The activation of cores is a function that could be found in motherboards for AMD CPUs. Some of these CPUs, presented as having 2 or 3 cores, actually had 4, with one or two being disabled. They could then be reactivated.

    "As soon as I get to the window, I scroll through the core count bar and it tells me I have 8, which seems like quite a large number considering my PC's configuration."

    This is something different. It pertains to the Hyperthreading function found in some Intel CPUs. It involves emulating a second core from a single core. Thus, if your CPU has 4 cores, with Hyperthreading, each core will emulate another, and the processor will be perceived as having 8 cores.

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