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Hi there...

not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question is, however my problem applies to Oracle DB Standard Edition & WebLogic Server Standard Edition. It is basically about the term socket and its definition. Oracle License agreement define processor as:

Processor: shall be defined as all processors where the Oracle programs are installed and/or running. Programs licensed on a processor basis may be accessed by your internal users (including agents and contractors) and by your third party users. The number of required licenses shall be determined by multiplying the total number of cores of the processor by a core processor licensing factor specified on the Oracle Processor Core Factor Table which can be accessed at http://oracle.com/contracts. All cores on all multicore chips for each licensed program are to be aggregated before multiplying by the appropriate core processor licensing factor and all fractions of a number are to be rounded up to the next whole number. When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition One or Standard Edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket; however, in the case of multi-chip modules, each chip in the multi-chip module is counted as one occupied socket.

The question is:

How can anyone identify how many chips in a processor? It is really confusing since I can't find something clear about it. If anyone could help me identifying howmany chips in a processor I will be very thankful.

Also, is there a license forum that I could post my question?

finally if anyone is getting the same problem let me know by posting here since I want to see if I am the only one getting confused with this.

Thanks.