HP 3000 No More (legacy)

From: Stan Sieler <sieler_at_allegro.com>
Date: Sat Nov 17 14:50:26 2001

Re:
> > You're forgetting that PA-RISC is also in the same position. It's
> > called "legacy", isn't it?
>
> Feh. We have two PA-RISC boxen in the server room. I'm sure the IT
> director would be very upset if that happened, considering they're barely
> three years old at the most.

PA-RISC is dead/dying ... HP has said so. IA-64 killed it.

Yes, we know that some new systems (for HP 9000 *and* HP 3000) are coming
out in the next couple of years. Some will be based on their high-end
PA-RISC 8800 "chip" (two 8700 CPUs on a single die, with a big cache),
but...that's it, there's nothing in the pipeline after a few years from now.

(Indeed, PA-RISC was originally scheduled to be dead by now, but it had to
be extended due to the lateness of IA-64.)

Do I like this? Nope. But, it's as much "legacy" as Z80, 68000, and
(probably) all x86 chips.
Stan Sieler sieler_at_allegro.com
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Received on Sat Nov 17 2001 - 14:50:26 GMT