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IIRC it didn't even do great against POWER and other bespoke OS/Chip combos, though it did way better there than generic x86.
by bombcar 1y ago
IIRC it didn't even do great against POWER and other bespoke OS/Chip combos, though it did way better there than generic x86.
- p_l 1y agoWith ex-Digital customers running OpenVMS, they held onto last-generation Alpha machines because they were substantially faster than the new Itanium ones in all practical uses. This is also why HP was finally forced to resurrect the nearly-complete EV7 chips