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Subject: Re: Alpha chip

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 21:47:05 06/01/98

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On June 02, 1998 at 00:28:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 01, 1998 at 20:30:49, Dan Homan wrote:
>
>>
>>On June 01, 1998 at 16:18:51, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>
>>>On June 01, 1998 at 12:07:02, Dan Homan wrote:
>>>
>>>>The new Alpha 21264A at 600 MHz should get a specint95 of 40+.  Does
>>>>anyone know the exact number?  My understanding is that this
>>>>chip will also reach clock rates much higher than 600 MHz.
>>>
>>>40+? Should I assume that this is a typo?
>>
>>Nope, I meant 40+.  Check out digital's home page on the alpha or the
>>web
>>page I mentioned in my last message.
>>
>>>
>>>>I think they were bought by Compaq, but will still produce the Alpha
>>>>(and later generations) for some time.  Intel has some access to
>>>
>>>Huh. At the Intel employee orientation some guy told me about reworking
>>>the current Alpha fabs to Pentium II fabs. Maybe this was wishful
>>>thinking.
>>
>>I'm not sure of the exact Intel/Alpha relation.
>>
>> - Dan
>>
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Tom
>
>
>that's just intel B/S.  They are not about to take a chip as successful
>as the alpha and scrap it, not after paying multi-billions of dollars
>for it...

And what a wonderful chip it is.  It just blows away any pentium.

- Don




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