Binaryworld - Determine type and number of CPUs ... [ VB.net -> Windows ]

There is no method call that directly retuns information about the number and type of installed CPU(s). However, this information is stored in a few environment variables, so it's just a matter of extracting it with the Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable method:

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' this code is meant to run under Windows NT, 2000, or XP
Console.WriteLine("Number of CPUs: {0}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable _
  ("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS"))
Console.WriteLine("CPU Architecture: {0}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable _
  ("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"))
Console.WriteLine("CPU Identifier: {0}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable _
  ("PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER"))
Console.WriteLine("CPU Level: {0}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable _
  ("PROCESSOR_LEVEL"))
Console.WriteLine("CPU Revision: {0}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable _
  ("PROCESSOR_REVISION"))

This is a sample output produced by the previous code:
Number of CPUs: 1
CPU Architecture: x86
CPU Identifier: x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
CPU Level: 6
CPU Revision: 0602