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

[David Froble]

Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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... :-)
> 

Yes, quite right, I should have specified x86 CPUs.  Sometimes tunnelvision strikes.