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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:49:11 +0300
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:42:05 +0000
mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 3:48:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:39 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
> >  
> >> In article <20240923105336.0000119b@yahoo.com>,
> >> already5chosen@yahoo.com (Michael S) wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Why # of CPU cores on die is of particular importance?  
> >>
> >> Because multi-core made multi-processor systems commonplace, and
> >> far more software started using multiple threads.  
> >
> > Another interesting factor is that proprietary server software that
> > had been licensed by number of CPUs mostly changed to licensing by
> > number of CPU *sockets*.  
> 
> This is one of the reasons one of my employers stayed with 6 YO
> software rather than switch to SOLARIS....

I fail to see relationship between comment of Lowrence D'O and your
response.