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The table below lists current generally available processors only, as of the publish date. PVU requirements for future processor technologies may differ. For PVU requirements for any processor technologies not listed below, please contact IBM. IBM Software defines "Processor" as a Core.
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Cell/Broadband Engine [Cell/B.E.] consists of one P.P.E. [Power Processing Engine] & 8 SPE [Synergistic Processing Engine] cores.
- Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both and is used under license therefrom.
- Intel, Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino, Intel Centrino logo, Celeron, Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
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With Processor Value Units, IBM continues the practice of licensing to the processor core. This practice provides the licensing granularity customers require, while offering them the flexibility to configure their systems to best support their business objectives.
Processor Value Units enable sub-capacity licensing at the processor core and provide:
- a licensing structure that avoids fractional licensing or processor factors for multi-core chips
- flexibility and granularity enabling customers to run a product on as few or as many processor cores as they require
- the capability to deliver software price performance improvements as new processor families are introduced
- a sustainable licensing foundation for the future
And, licenses are transferable across distributed systems. |
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