End of the Alpha CPU (was: IBM Buys Rational for $2.1Billion!)

[Bob Bell]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:18:24PM -0500, bscott at ntisys.com <bscott at ntisys.com> wrote:
> Has IA-64 really gotten so much better that is can seriously be considered
> as a replacement for the PA-RISC and Alpha chips?

    I don't want to comment too much on the subject matter, but HP has
come out with some benchmarks that do show the latest iteration of IA-64
powered machines performing markedly better than their predecessors.

-- 
Bob Bell <bobbell at zk3.dec.com>
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