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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