Microsoft To OK One License for Multicore Chips
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Customers who use the dual-core processors that Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to begin shipping next year will not need to buy extra licenses for Microsoft software, the software maker will announce next week.
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Blog: So many cores, so little support. Microsoft's Ty Carlson knows the software industry has lots of work ahead to satisfy future multicore processors.
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The company will release a desktop PC chip with three cores in 2008, when it will also have quad-core and dual-core chips for the PC market.
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Microsoft gave some encouraging news for IT managers considering future server hardware based on multicore processors. Both Intel and AMD are developing multicore chips, which pack two processors onto a single
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Chip maker plans for smaller, faster, less power-hungry processors.
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New dual-core processors will make conventional software licensing models obsolete. What's next?
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The new deal is broad-ranging, allowing nVidia to license Intel&#39;s front side bus technology so that it can build integrated chipsets for motherboards while also leaving the door open for cooperation on other fronts.
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Taking a stand on what has become a contentious issue, Microsoft on Tuesday said it will count new multicore processors as single units when they debut next year.
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InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Noting two evolving areas of software licensing, Microsoft is pondering how to license when multiple instances of an application are run on a single computer, but is not eyeing a plan for utility-based computing, in which charges are based on individual usage.
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Microsoft Corp. does not plan to change its per-processor software licensing model when hardware containing dual-core and multicore processor technology for the Windows platform becomes available next year.
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Microsoft announced that it will continue its per-processor licensing model with the introduction of dual-core and multicore processors.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) said it has clarified its software licensing policies to address a new trend in microprocessors and to keep the pressure on its rivals.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Tuesday agreed to require only a single license for server software that runs on computers powered by a new generation of chips that squeeze multiple processors into a single package.
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The start-up sells tools for writing software that can take advantage of multicore processors as well as graphics and gaming chips.
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ClearSpeed Technology has doubled the performance of its high-performance computing co-processor for scientific workstations and server clusters by incorporating 96 separate processing cores on a single chip, the company announced Wednesday at the Fall Processor Forum in San Jose, California.
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Since AMD furthered its industry leadership in multi-core computing by demonstrating the industry&#39;s first x86 dual-core processor in August, AMD has strongly advocated this customer-centric software licensing strategy for both server and client software.
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Chipmaker announces new chipset and reference design for consumer devices and PCs.