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Article #623252Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:13
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:13
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On 4/24/2018 10:43 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 04/24/2018 01:43 PM, Charles Richmond wrote: >> The Tahoe architecture and the DEC Alpha architecture both are much >> nicer on the assembly level than the x86 architecture. Not many here >> would disagree with that. Why does Intel *not* produce modern versions >> of those architectures and PC makers use those??? > > I'm not familiar with Tahoe and can't comment. > > Alpha was developed by DEC, purchased by Compaq and subsequently HP. > Thus HP owns the Intellectual Property of the Alpha CPUs. — At least > the portion that did not get sold off to other companies. — I would be > somewhat surprised if there aren't pieces of Alpha architecture deep in > the bowels of other CPU architectures. > According to the Wikipedia artilce on Alpha: "On June 25, 2001, Compaq announced that Alpha would be phased out by 2004 in favor of Intel's Itanium, canceled the planned EV8 chip, and sold all Alpha intellectual property to Intel." See the following <zdnet.com> article: https://tinyurl.com/y8m4kqtm -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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