> each type of CPU core (what they call a "tier" in the article) will still be a power of two Yeah that's obviously not true, and believing it shows a marked l

> each type of CPU core (what they call a "tier" in the article) will still be a power of two Yeah that's obviously not true, and believing it shows a marked lack of experience in the field. Of the current Xeon workstation lineup, only 3 of 14 SKUs have power-of-2 core counts. And there are consumer lines of CPUs with 6 cores and that sort of thing.