I never bought a Bulldozer style computer because I looked at benchmarks. But I'm curious how they reckon it's not 8 cores. There are entire architectures where it is common to not even have a wide FPU. And others where they don't have an FPU at all. And yet they are still clearly CPU cores. If anyone ever differs too much from Intel-style big cores with ultra-wide SIMD FPUs, are they vulnerable to lawsuit too?
I recall Sun shipped some similar CMT designs, the T2 at least. Are they (now Oracle) going to be sued next?
I recall Sun shipped some similar CMT designs, the T2 at least. Are they (now Oracle) going to be sued next?