Quad vs Dual vs Solo Core - What's best for your requirement?

[Ashfaque]

With Freescale's i.MX6 series of multicore platform, the era of multi-core mobile computing has just began.

i.MX6 series available in Quad, Dual and Solo cores will definately bring the best of mobile computing experience to the portable platforms.

With mutliple CPU cores running on a single chip, it will surely multiply your processing power but not necessarily in all the cases!

Is our software/end application ready to bring the best out of multiple cores?

So lets began a discussion on various factors which decides on selecting Quad/Dual/Solo core platform for a particular solution..!

[PradapRaj]

Nice Discussion to start with....

I just had a chance to come across one nice article on this topic. Have a look on the same in the below link.

http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/Guide-To-Single-Dual-Triple-Quad-or-Six-Core-Which-Is-Best-For-You...

[Ashfaque]

few links which explains these terms in a simplified way:

Architecture wise:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6327166_compare-dual-quad-core.html

Based on target applications:

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6144648_dual-vs_-quad-core-processor.html