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  Drivers
  You and Your PC
  SPAM and Phishing
  Windows Accessories
  Online Video
  Obsolescence
  PC Gaming
  Vista
  Printers
  Storage & Backup
  Passwords
  PC Safety
  Wireless Network
  Digital Music
  Keyboard Shortcuts
  Past Drawing Winners

General Trends

Processor
  Avg. CPU Speeds
  CPU MHz Ranges
  AMD/Intel
  Intel Market Share
Memory
  Avg. Memory
  Memory Ranges
Drives
  Avg. Hard Drive
  Optical Drives
Operating Systems
  Windows OS Version
  XP Market Share
Internet Connection
  Dialup vs. Broadband
  Bandwidth Ranges
Video and Displays
  Video Resolution
  Wide Screen Displays

Crosstabs

Location
Expertise
PC Type
Global Region

Single and Multi-processors Trends

Systems with multi-processors, once found only on servers and other extreme high end performance systems, have found there way into the general consumer arena. The percentage of systems running PC Pitstop's on-line diagnostics and having multiprocessors grew from just over 1% in January 2006 to almost 30% in January 2008. The percentage of portables that have multi-processors has reached almost 40% in January 2008. A comparison of Intel to AMD shows AMD with a slight edge in both desktops and portable platforms as a percentage of their respective number of system with multi-processors. However, as shown by our monthly CPU analysis , Intel still leads AMD with approximately 64% and 78% of total desktops and total portables respectively, in January 2008.

See Rob's Dual Core Doldrums article for this month as he explains his coming to realization concerning the performance of his dual core system. Also, see Steve Hogan's Dual Core Double Delicious article as he shares his views on dual core performance expectations and realizations.

Percentages of All PCs by Number of Processors