Proposed Terminology Change: Dual CPU to Dual Socket
I am going to propose a terminology change. For endless years we called a workstation any machine with a single CPU. The growth of multiple core CPUs have changed this game.
Old
- Single CPU
- Dual CPU or 2way
- Quad CPU or 4way
Current
- Dual Core, Quad Core, Core2, 8 core, etc
- Dual CPU or 2way
- Quad CPU or 4way
Proposed
- Dual Corse, Quad Core, Core2, 8 core, etc
- 2 socket
- 4 socket
Using the socket nomenclature, there is no doubt you are talking about a mother board with the ability to utilize multiple physical CPU’s with an unknown number of cores.
Simple changes make easy explanations.