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The end of the Alpha architecture.
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:31:51 -0700
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Compaq announced today that they will convert their 64-bit commuting
platforms over to Intel's IA-64 chips by 2004 and are apparently selling
their remaining Alpha architecture assets to Intel.

There will be one more generation of Alpha CPUs (code named EV7 I believe)
but it looks like that's going to be it for Alpha, since Intel will likely
absorb whatever talent and intellectual property they can salvage from Alpha
into their IA-64 program.

One of the last remaining vestiges of the DEC era fades away.

   http://www0.mercurycenter.com/breaking/docs/008672.htm

G.

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