Broadcom VMware ‘Significant’ Changes: Minimum Number Of Cores To ‘Increase Substantially,’ Penalties For Late Renewals

Beginning April 10, the fewest licenses a VMware customer can buy will be 72 cores per CPU, up from 16 cores. Meanwhile, late renewals will now cost customers an extra 20 percent of the price of the first year of subscription.

Broadcom is increasing the cost of VMware for some customers by boosting the minimum purchase from 16 cores to 72 cores per CPU, according to a memo to…