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Re:Digital Equipment answers a user's complaint that the yea... by SwellJoe on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @11:43PM (#348398)
Yes, I'm sure. The only date I specifically mentioned was 2003, which is when the last Alpha was released and the 64 bit x86 architecture became available. In 1998-1999 the Alpha was still probably in the lead on all counts except possibly price/performance. Things move fast in CPUs, and a significant lead one year can turn into a trailing position the very next.
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Re:Digital Equipment answers a user's complaint that the yea... by rbanffy on Friday November 07, 2008 @02:39PM (#356998)
Well... By 2003 the Alpha has been more or less abandoned in terms of R&D expenditures. It's impossible to estimate how much of its perceived lack of relative performance was due to progresses in x86 designs and how much was simply due to a lack of research in progressing the architecture.
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