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No, Compaq bought Digital, then, when HP bought Compaq, they killed Alpha in favor of the instruction set of the future, Itanium, and, adding insult to injury,
by smitherfield 9y ago
No, Compaq bought Digital, then, when HP bought Compaq, they killed Alpha in favor of the instruction set of the future, Itanium, and, adding insult to injury, sold the Alpha IP to Intel to ensure it’d never see the light of day again.
The Sunway line of processors developed by the Chinese military are rumored to use a modernized version of the Alpha instruction set (unauthorized obviously): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway
- rbanffy 9y agoStill, they may own FX!32 and its patents. This may prove profitable. It those went to Intel... Well... It'll be fun to watch the fireworks.
- smitherfield 9y agoAh, I think I misunderstood you (thought you were referring to Alpha, not FX!32).