HEADSUP: Alpha support is being retired in 7.0

[William H. Magill]

On 12 May, 2006, at 13:29, Paul Allen wrote:
> You can tell how good the EV7 was when you realize how long it took  
> for
> other architectures to catch-up.
>
>    Ye Olde Hudson Design Team, we miss you.\

EV8 = Intel Core-Duo = "Alpha Inside"

Since I've retired, I'm not as current on things as I once was, but  
to me, the "not-yet-quite-released" Intel Core-Duo chips (the follow- 
on to the chips Apple is currently using; those with the full 64-bit  
instruction set enabled) are clearly the result of Intel's  
acquisition of the Alpha design team and technology they acquired in  
the death-throes of Compaq.


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