[Info-vax] Single core CPUs, was: Re: openvms licensing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-02-19, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> Kerry Main wrote:
>
>> In addition to the complexities you just mentioned, MS is also moving to
>> core based server pricing from socket based. That is getting huge visibility
>> within many Customer environments because it is not only extremely
>> complex, but for Customers with 4 cores in a single socket, they now must
>> pay quite a bit more for the same license they used to have. Most servers
>> now come with at least 4 cores.
>
> The thing about this is that for some years now single core CPU chips have not 
> been manufactured.

Actually, David, if you think about it, you will realise single core CPUs
_are_ being manufactured in great quantity right now in 2016. :-)

(And unless the situation has changed very dramatically over the last couple
of years, they almost certainly outnumber the amount of multicore CPUs
which are being produced right now.)

Simon.

PS: In making the above comment, I am taking what you said literally... :-)

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