Compare multi-core and dual core?
"Dual core" implies that there are two separate instruction
execution units placed on a single "die." Some use shared
components, such as cache, while others have two full processors,
including all sub-components. All dual core processors could be
considered multi-core (which simply means multiple "cores" or
"processors"). However, a tri-core or quad-core is also a
multi-core. Therefore, all dual cores are multi-cores, but not all
multi-cores are dual cores.