Howto: Linux detect or find out a dual-core cpu
Posted by Vivek Gite
[Last updated: February 20, 2007]
Q. How do I find out my cpu is a dual-core cpu on Cent Os Linux?
A. Following are are few tips for identifying whether a cpu is dual-core or not. Please note there are few factors that might give your wrong result. For example wrong kernel image installed.
Task: Display CPU information
Type the following command to get overall cpu info:
$ less /proc/cpuinfo
Task: Identif whether a cpu is dual-core or not
$ grep cores /proc/cpuinfo
Output:
cpu cores : 2
Or type following command:
$ grep "core id" /proc/cpuinfo
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June 25th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hi.. Can u plz say how to find the details in windows too??