Cores per chip
The number of cores an individual chip has. Sometimes manufacturers refer to them as cores per socket. The table below gives the number of cores per chip for common processors. Some processors come in multiple configurations with varying number of cores per chip.
Processor nameCores
AMD Opetron1,2
IBM POWER42
IBM POWER4+2
IBM POWER52
IBM POWER5+2
Intel Core 22
Intel Core 2 Duo2
Intel Core 2 Extreme4
Intel Core 2 Quad4
Sun UltraSPARC T1 (Niagra)8