Processor
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Processor
- Aliases
- Processor license
- Definition
- 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.
- Counting rules
- Count all processors where the Oracle Programs are installed and/or running. Aggregate all cores on all multicore chips, multiply by the core processor licensing factor, and round all fractions up to the next whole number. Factors are in the Oracle Processor Core Factor Table (updated 28 Jan 2026): https://www.oracle.com/contracts/docs/processor-core-factor-table-070634.pdf. That table lists Intel Xeon processors named therein and AMD EPYC 9005, 9004, 8004, 7003, 7002, 7001, 4005, 4004 Series at 0.5; catch-all “All Other Multicore chips” is 1.0. License Definitions example: unspecified platform uses 1.0 for “All other multicore chips.” This core-factor Processor metric is not how SE2 Processor is counted (SE2 = occupied socket).
- Floors / minimums
- None stated for Processor licenses of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. (NUP floors are a Named User Plus rule, not a Processor floor.)
- Applies to products
- Oracle Database
- WebLogic Server
- Applies to editions
- Enterprise Edition
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