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downrightmike on June 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intel 28-core fantasy vs. AMD 32-core reality

When VMware charges per socket and not per core.

NickNameNick on June 11, 2018 [–]

Big ditto for Oracle. probably others.

downrightmike on June 11, 2018 | [–]

Realistically, it is easy to count cores. Some companies still count MAC addresses.

haikuginger on June 11, 2018 | | [–]

The way Oracle and VMWare bill is not bound by a technical limitation.

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