Yup. Most of this was culled from a 2001 conference (so small but distinguished sample set), and you really need to read the detail to understand what they wer

Yup. Most of this was culled from a 2001 conference (so small but distinguished sample set), and you really need to read the detail to understand what they were appreciative of. It's not a good/bad thing and probably represented what they were thinking about at the time (e.g. Alpert calls out Multiflow because it influenced a processor he built). Sites even includes a backhand at VAX by calling it the example of what they didn't do in Alpha; damning with faint praise. I haven't fired up my Cell dev board (Mercury) in a while. Prolly should do that. :-)