"Alpha wiedersehen" to EV6/7

[Pace]

<strong><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-976211.html" title="HP plans to take Alpha to its omega">HP plans to take Alpha to its omega</a></strong>
Hewlett-Packard in January plans to release the last major update to its Alpha chip, the EV7, paving the way for the retirement of the storied high-end processor.

Hmm, wonder if they'll be going cheap now?

[KvHagedorn]

I thought Intel bought out rights to the Alpha..

[Wombat]

Not quite. Compaq held on to the IP rights and the members of the Alpha team that they would need in order to keep the Alpha projects going that were already in the pipeline. I think that once these last Alpha procs are finished, even these guys go to Intel.