Intel Brings Home Extreme Multicore Gaming For The Holidays

Intel Brings Home Extreme Multicore Gaming For The Holidays

The era of multi-core PC gaming is here and at the Intel-sponsored Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) World Tour Grand Finals some of the best players, hardware and software come together.

“We have spent the last year empowering more than 10,000 software developers with thousands of multi-core development platforms,” said Bill Kirby, director of planning in Intel’s Software and Solutions Group. “We are now beginning to see the new threaded applications and multi-core platforms gamers have been waiting for.”

Intel’s multi-core processors, such as the Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition, let software developers add features to their games that create more realistic experiences. The ability to run different threads – or components – of the game in parallel can not only make the game run faster, but can also make it more engaging.

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