--- title: Cadalyst CAD Hardware | Multi-Threading description: Multi-Threading | Industry-leading hardware news, insight, and advice for design and engineering professionals, highlighting Alex Herrera's Herrera on Hardware column. 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[![Herrera on Hardware: The Misconception of Professional Computing and CPU Core Counts](https://www.cadalyst.com/files/cadalyst/nodes/2022/78934/022022_CTN-fig1_0.jpg)](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/the-misconception-of-professional-computing-and-cpu-core-counts) [Multi-Threading](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/multi-threading), [CAD workstations](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/cad-workstations), [CPU](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/cpu) ## [The Misconception of Professional Computing and CPU Core Counts](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/the-misconception-of-professional-computing-and-cpu-core-counts) ![Picture of Alex Herrera](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/Cadalyst_Logos/Herrera_Alex.jpg?width=50&name=Herrera_Alex.jpg) [Alex Herrera](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/author/alex-herrera) Feb 17, 2022, 6:50:00 AM It feels like I’m coming across the headline more often than ever before. Paraphrasing, the... [Read more](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/the-misconception-of-professional-computing-and-cpu-core-counts) [![Herrera on Hardware: CPU Boost & Base Clocks: Why They Vary and How They Impact CAD Computing](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/2021_CAD_Editorial/2021_CAD%20Tech%20News/2021-04-15/Quardia-AdobeStock_415893953.jpeg)](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/cpu-boost-base-clocks-why-they-vary-and-how-they-impact-cad-computing) [Multi-Threading](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/multi-threading), [GPU](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/gpu), [CAD workstations](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/cad-workstations), [CPU Boost](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/cpu-boost), [Base Clocks](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/tag/base-clocks) ## [CPU Boost & Base Clocks: Why They Vary & How They Impact CAD Computing](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/cpu-boost-base-clocks-why-they-vary-and-how-they-impact-cad-computing) ![Picture of Alex Herrera](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/Cadalyst_Logos/Herrera_Alex.jpg?width=50&name=Herrera_Alex.jpg) [Alex Herrera](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadalyst-cad-hardware/author/alex-herrera) Apr 15, 2021, 8:45:00 AM In this column, we often explore the trade-offs of performance in this era of multi-core CPUs. 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