Core Solo Vs. Core Duo

[thadhanihemant]

whats the basic diff. btw core solo and core duo processor.
Which one is better..
and what is the diff. btw core duo & core duo2...

[Kiran.dks]

Core Duo is better than Core Solo. Core Duo allows you to perform simultaneous 'load' (CPU is consumed) operations without slowing down the system. Core Solo tends to slow down under this situation.

[piyush gupta]

can anyone explain basic tech. diff between both processors

[Sourabh]

It is in the name, core duo = two processing cores in the same die, so it acts like 2 processors. It should not be confused with hyper threading.

Core solo is single core variant of the same.

Core solo is well nothing great. Except for their ULV or LV processors, I wouldn't even bother about them. It wouldn't be wrong in saying they made it to rip off extra premiums. Celeron and older Pentium M were good enough for value and budget notebooks.

[kalpik]

Id like to add here that core solo is just a core duo processor with one of the cores disabled. It helps intel because if a core duo processor fails quality checks because of defects in one of the core, they just disable the defective core and sell it as core solo.

[outlaw]

thats wicked

[tuxfan]

Originally Posted by kalpik

Id like to add here that core solo is just a core duo processor with one of the cores disabled. It helps intel because if a core duo processor fails quality checks because of defects in one of the core, they just disable the defective core and sell it as core solo.

You mean to say that if one of the cores in my Core DUO goes bad, will my machine still function on the other one??

[jz2linkinpark]

is it possible for a processor with core2duo written on the die be a core solo?
cuz my proccy has core2duo written on it but only performs as a one core processor...
@sourabh: yes i posted before and the problem was resolved, i just wanted to see other peoples ideas on why it might have occurred

[Sourabh]

^^jz2: It is not possible. If I am not mistaken you have posted about it more than once on the forum before. There might be some software/driver issues. I hope you are not using XP Home with no service packs.

[kalpik]

Originally Posted by tuxfan

You mean to say that if one of the cores in my Core DUO goes bad, will my machine still function on the other one??

I dunno about that
The disabling of the core is done by intel. Im sure you cannot do it at home

[kumarmohit]

LOL Imagine if some one finds a way to enable the disabled core. (i know its virtually impossible)

[kalpik]

^^ No use too.. Because the other core almost always will have some problem.

[thadhanihemant]

thanks alot guys for clearing my doubt...

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by tuxfan

You mean to say that if one of the cores in my Core DUO goes bad, will my machine still function on the other one??

No dude. It's not possible. Intel does it by electronic way. It is easy for them to disable one Core, no need of a new production line of CPUs that physically only have one core. Intel was using this strategy earlier too in their 486 CPU's.