AMD’s 256-Core EPYC Just Killed Enterprise Software Licensing. Here’s Why.
AMD’s EPYC 9006 Venice delivers 256 cores and 1GB of L3 cache per socket, a massive leap in computational density. But the real barrier to adoption isn’t silicon — it’s enterprise software licensing, which is priced per core and will make hardware costs look trivial. This article explores the collision of awe-inspiring hardware and outdated business models.