The Galaxy Note II is T-Mobile's first device with a quad-core processor, featuring Samsung's 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos processor.

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The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features a faster 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, and the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook comes with a new 2.7 GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory.

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Obligingly, Samsung have provided a handy comparison chart by shipping its first wave of Galaxy S III devices to the US with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and internationally with a quad-core Samsung Exynos system-on-chip.

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