Erm. The Alpha? At one point, not only was the Alpha faster clock for
clock, but if I remember correctly, those chips were running at 533 when the
P2 333 was released. On top of which, all the chip designers from DEC have
now been hired by either AMD or Intel (from what I have heard) Not current
indeed.
Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: HP & Compaq
> Which technology was that???
>
> The last time I remember DEC inventing anything fairly current was when
they
> came up with the VAX. That was 25 years ago. Everything they sold was
the
> OLDEST technology they could get and still foist of on the unwary buyer.
They'd
> NEVER have used anything as up-to-date as what Intel pushes, not that it's
the
> latest-greatest.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Shannon" <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: HP & Compaq
>
>
> > Oh, you mean the technology Intel got from DEC?
> >
> > (thats why Compaq (who buys Intel CPU's) killed the Alpha)
> >
> > Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> >
> > > > > So what's everyone think about the newest merger, between HP
> > > > > and Compaq?
> > >
> > > > It sure explains why Compaq killed Alpha.
> > >
> > > It sure makes me worry about the future of the HP-RISC line. (Although
> > > the new Intel technology may have already sealed its death warrant.)
> > >
> > > --
> > > ----------------------------- personal page:
> http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
> > > Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University *
> ckaiser_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu
> > > -- God made the integers; all else is the work of Man. --
> Kronecker -----------
> >
> >
>
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