Intel worked out a licensing agreement with Digital just before Compaq
took over. It gave them access to almost all of the technology of the
Alpha line, if I recall correctly. I don't think anyone actually bought
the Alpha chips; the line stayed with Digital when it went to Compaq. IBM
was not involved.
If I remember, Intel had better research into smaller data paths (so and
so many nanometers smaller than the Alpha line), but the Alphas had
superior clock rates... the combination of those two technologies (and a
million other miscellaneous marriages of technology) was suppossed to
produce killer chips.
Or something like that,
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:13:19 -0700
From: Joth Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: GIMPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
Two things:
1) I do seem to recall a 1GHz Alpha announcement.
2) Was it Intel that bought the Alpha rights? It might have been IBM but
was NOT Compac.
Joth
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From: David L. Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Aaron Blosser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
> Aaron Blosser wrote:
> >
> > > I have heard some insider news that Intel *could* hit the 1 GigaHertz
mark
> > > by years end if they had a reason to
>
> Did DEC not demonstrate a gigahertz Alpha chip shortly before Compaq
> purchased them?
>
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