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minus-squared3Xt3r@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·edit-26 months agoIt refers to modern Intel CPUs where there are two types of cores - performance cores (P-cores) and efficient cores (E-cores). This is similar to ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture which we’ve seen in smartphones for many years already. See: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/resources/how-hybrid-design-works.html
It refers to modern Intel CPUs where there are two types of cores - performance cores (P-cores) and efficient cores (E-cores). This is similar to ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture which we’ve seen in smartphones for many years already.
See: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/resources/how-hybrid-design-works.html