Remember that the core multiplier is not always ".5". It depends on the CPU architecture (and model!): http://www.oracle.com/corporate/contracts/library/processor-core-factor-table.pdf Rich > 2 Cpu's x 2 Cores = 4 cores *.5 licences/core = 2 licenses > > Allan > > On Apr 16, 2010 7:59am, "Storey, Robert (DCSO)" > <RStorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] >> So, with the multicores, oracle says that a ?core? = >> .5 or a Processor license. So, if you have a CPU that is dual core, that is still a 1Processor license. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l