Comment Chips & Dips (Score 1) 373
This decision for Compaq to ditch support for the Alpha comes after the Intel lawsuit over the intellectual property of the Alpha chip, when it was a Digital product it made sense for Compaq/Digital to evangelize it but now that Intel royalties are being paid, Compaq is going to ride just one horse.
Check these out:
Compaq is shutting down Bellevue facilities (http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,239-40760,00.ht ml?st.ne.ni.rel)
$167 Price for Intel's 500MHz Celeron when purchased in 1,000-unit lots. By contrast, a 600MHz Pentium III costs $669. Can you really justify the extra $500 tocustomers? We can't.
(http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,23 12219,00.html)
The price for an Alpha chip? I would like to know and how it stacked up against Xeon.
Check these out:
Compaq is shutting down Bellevue facilities (http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,239-40760,00.h
$167 Price for Intel's 500MHz Celeron when purchased in 1,000-unit lots. By contrast, a 600MHz Pentium III costs $669. Can you really justify the extra $500 tocustomers? We can't.
(http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,2
The price for an Alpha chip? I would like to know and how it stacked up against Xeon.
