Processor Question (Dual/Multi Core)

[cassanova]

What's the difference between the 2. I'd think dual core is multi core, since any thing more than one would technically be multi.

Thank you.

[DRafalske]

Well yeah, "multi-core" would refer to anything more than one. 2-core processors are generally referred to as "Dual Core" and anything more than 2 as "Multi".
AMD and Intel are both producing 4 and 6 core processors now.

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[MIJ-VI]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor