Re: License cost for Intel dual-core processors

From: Charles Hooper <hooperc2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 26 Jul 2006 11:18:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1153937888.315083.32110@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

boogab00_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> I thought dual-core processors were licensed at .75 of single processor
> price but just saw on Oracle's website that they now only charge .50
> for dual-core licenses. Does anyone have any insight on when this
> changed. Just curious as this is a good thing.

It looks like the licensing of multi-core chips changed December 19, 2005. The licensing documentation that I received near the end of May 2006 indicated that for Intel and AMD multi-core chips, the licensing fees would be at 0.50 per CPU core. Other CPU families have different licensing cost multiplier per core.

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/multicore_faq.pdf

Charles Hooper
PC Support Specialist
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. Received on Wed Jul 26 2006 - 13:18:08 CDT