Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:22:44 -0400 From: "William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org> To: Paul Allen <nospam@ugcs.caltech.edu> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter@vk2pj.dyndns.org>, alpha@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Alpha support is being retired in 7.0 Message-ID: <7B57E642-36E9-4260-A9B8-B8C2996C986B@mcgillsociety.org> In-Reply-To: <20060512172953.GB4365@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu> References: <200605111424.04935.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060511223035.189F545053@ptavv.es.net> <20060512093804.GC714@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060512172953.GB4365@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu>
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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. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # Beige G3 [Rev A motherboard - 300 MHz 768 Meg] OS X 10.2.8 # Flat-panel iMac (2.1) [800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg] OS X 10.4.1 # PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg] Tru64 5.1a # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-3 (EV6) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-A (EV 6.7) - 384 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 magill@mcgillsociety.org magill@acm.org magill@mac.com whmagill@gmail.com
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