alt Hacker NewsMy understanding is that after Compaq sold the Alpha IP to intel, and quite a lot of the DNA ended up in Nehalem and Sandy Bridge.
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scrlk • yesterday at 3:17 PM
IIRC, the Sunway CPUs used in Chinese supercomputers have an Alpha-like design.
My understanding is that after Compaq sold the Alpha IP to intel, and quite a lot of the DNA ended up in Nehalem and Sandy Bridge.
IIRC, the Sunway CPUs used in Chinese supercomputers have an Alpha-like design.
Not sure about that bit...
What is well known however, is that a bunch of Alpha engineers wound up at AMD, and a lot of that DNA went into the OG Athlon