As of July 8, each core of new multi-core AMD or Intel processors will be licensed as if it were 75 percent of a CPU. CRN broke the news of the change on Wednesday. Oracle pricing and licensing guru ...

Following months of anticipation and some high-profile criticism, Oracle has changed the licensing model for its databases and middleware on multicore servers, bringing it a step closer in line with ...

Company's software licenses will consider each individual processor core on multicore chips to be 0.75 of a processor Oracle will edge closer to a licensing model for multicore processors that has ...

Oracle announced it was revising prices for multi-core processors again on Monday, as it tried to find the right formula for both its customers and its bottom line. The launch of Sun Microsystems Sun ...

The news gives Sun, one of Oracle's erstwhile best partners, a leg up with its new chips, observers said and Sun was quick to proclaim that. "Sun has a multi-year advantage over the competition and ...

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The advent of the first dual-core processors from Intel has sent independent software vendors scrambling to re-evaluate the licensing plans for their software. Both Oracle and VMware, an EMC company, ...

Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...