FTC orders DEC-Intel deals motified

Andy Tai writes "The US Federal Trade Commission issues an order motifying the Intel-Digital deal. The FTC disallows Alphas to be produced by Intel. Instead Digital has to certify another company such as IBM as manufacturers of the Alpha chip. Digital also will license Alpha to AMD, Samsung, and others. The FTC aims to keep Alphas as "viable competitive alternatives" to Intel chips. " Read about it here.