Red Hat Linux gets dual-core support
Company updates commercial Linux product with support for chips with dual processing engines from Intel, AMD.
Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer
Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.
Expertise Processors, semiconductors, web browsers, quantum computing, supercomputers, AI, 3D printing, drones, computer science, physics, programming, materials science, USB, UWB, Android, digital photography, science. Credentials
- Shankland covered the tech industry for more than 25 years and was a science writer for five years before that. He has deep expertise in microprocessors, digital photography, computer hardware and software, internet standards, web technology, and more.
Red Hat has updated its commercial Linux product with support for chips with dual processing engines, called cores, from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. The dual-core support came in the first quarterly update, released Thursday, to 4, according to an announcement on a Red Hat mailing list. Red Hat, the top Linux seller, began testing dual-core support in April.
In addition, the update now supports disk systems with more than 2 terabytes of capacity, Red Hat said in release notes.