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Hardware vendors beathe a sigh of relief that Microsoft has decided only a Single License is required for Dual Core processors.
This great news.
Microsoft said its SQL Server Standard edition could run on a four-processor server with dual-core processors firing on all eight cores and needing only four licenses.
Dual-core processors, which consist of two cores on one chip, are widely seen as a promising way to boost computing power, allowing servers, workstations and PCs to perform more functions simultaneously. Both Intel and AMD report that they are shifting to a dual-core strategy in 2005 with massive volume shipments expected in 2006.
“This may not have been a ‘must win’ for AMD and Intel, but it sure could have slowed uptake of their dual-core chips if Microsoft had decided to take the opportunity to try to squeeze more money out of users,”
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