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End Of The Line For Alpha

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-a-riscy-business dept.

Scareduck writes "Infoworld reports HP has released the last iteration of the Alpha chip. I used these babies in the late 90's, and for a time, they were da bomb. Sadly, the economics weren't there, DEC management really didn't have much of a clue, and Alpha has, at long last, bit the dust. Alpha-based servers will continue to be sold through 2006, and supported through 2011. Farewell, Alpha; the world's line of chips seems to have declined to Intel and a handful of niche guys." Slashdot ran for the first 7 or 8 months off an Alpha box.

3 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. Well by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one, welcome our new Intel overlords

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  2. Re:Beta by donkeyoverlord · · Score: 0, Redundant

    See it's not only open source projects that never make it to version 1.0!

  3. niche? by dj245 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    the world's line of chips seems to have declined to Intel and a handful of niche guys.

    I'm no fanboy, but AMD is more than just a niche guy.

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