RE: "Dual-Core" CPUs & the future of software licensing

Oracle has already weighed in on the subject. A cpu =3D a core. I've a feeling this will come back to bite them. BTW: In a different thread others on the list have complained about Oracle "missing opportunities that others have taken" namely MySql, FireBird, Sql*Server etc... Well I agree Uncle Larry seems more interested in the big dollar items leaving the small fry to other vendors. Problem is that there are only so many whales in the sea & a LOT more small fry.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Marquez, Chris Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:07 AM
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Subject: "Dual-Core" CPUs & the future of software licensing

Not just and Oracle Licensing issue...this effects many vendors.
>>"Multicore chips place two or more CPUs on a single piece of
silicon..."

I'm not a huge hardware guy, but on the Enterprise side of things...I have worked with Oracle/IBM at three clients now. If I'm not mistaken hasn't IBM but doing the "more than two cores on the die" for a while now!?...Far as I know, NO software vendor has made stink about IBM "Dual-Core" processors?

Your thoughts?

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D604029= 7
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AMD Demos Dual-Core Athlon 64 Feb. 23, 2005 The latest shoe to drop in the race toward multicore technology came today from AMD, which says it has demonstrated a working dual-core version of its Athlon 64 desktop processor. By Alexander Wolfe=20

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D160901377 Intel To Unveil Dual-Core Pentiums On Monday April 15, 2005 =09 The ship date for Intel's first-ever dual core processors and chipsets is timed to coincide with the official 40th anniversary of Moore's Law. By Alexander Wolfe=20

Chris Marquez
Oracle DBA

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