Court gives green light to class action over computer
processor structure
Core v. Module
In the end, as it so often does, the case comes down to
semantics.
A consumer class action launched in 2015 alleges that Advanced
Micro Devices (AMD) misrepresented the number of core processors in
its line of "Bulldozer" CPUs.
First, a quick and dirty definition: A core processor is an
independent processing unit within a computer's CPU. Each core
processor can independently execute user commands; the expectation
is that several independent processors splitting commands between
them will execute all of them faster than a single processor
would.
The case, filed in California's Northern District, alleges
that AMD plays fast and loose with its definition of
"core." AMD, the original suit claims, "built the
Bulldozer processors by stripping away components from two cores
and combining what was left to make a single 'module.' But
by removing certain components of two cores
