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    Mini 10 question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by grapony, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. grapony

    grapony Newbie

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    I've had this Mini 10 not the V model for about 2 weeks and really like it. One thing thats got me confused is the processor. It came with the Z520 1.33 ghz, this is supposed to be a single core right? It shows two processors in the general tab, the section in hardware under processors, and when I ctrl+alt+del and go to the performance tab it shows two like my dual core centrino vostro. Whats the deal here?
     
    grapony, Aug 11, 2009
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Probably due to Hyperthreading! ;)

    Here:
    http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35466


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Aug 11, 2009
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    The Atom Z520 does have Hyper-Threading technology, effectively making one core appear and function as two. The Core i7 series uses the same technology to make 4 cores work as 8.
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 12, 2009
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