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End In Sight For Alpha

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the out-with-a-bang dept.

minektur writes "news.com has an article stating that DEC ... I mean Compaq .... Uh, I mean HP has decided to EOL the once mighty Alpha architecture. Let's all take a moment of silence." I was lucky enough to have access to a 533 MHz Alpha back when the fastest Pentiums were only around 200 MHz, and the Alpha architecture earned a special place in my heart. It will be missed.

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  1. Re:Tru64 or HP-UX on Itanium? by Tuzanor · · Score: 1, Redundant

    HPUX has already been ported to Itanium, you can buy them right now! :-)

  2. Re:Tru64 or HP-UX on Itanium? by Tuzanor · · Score: 1, Redundant
    HPUX is already running on Itanium, and they said that (eventually) they will incorporate OSF/1's...hehe oops, I mean Digital Unix's...erm...I mean Tru64's very excellent clustering technology. Also, since HP owns both PA-RISC and the Alpha, the better tech of those should trickle into the Itanium (actaully, it should be happaning now since Compaq sold a lot of the tech to Intel a year or so ago).

    So it still very much remains to be seen whether Itanium will kill ass or not.