Microsoft has raised the stakes on the total cost of ownership (TCO) front by counting chips instead of cores when comes to how it licenses its software.
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Turbulence in per CPU pricing not over yet
Microsoft has raised the stakes on the total cost of ownership (TCO) front by counting chips instead of cores when comes to how it licenses its software.
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