[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:

> One can't even say that Palmer-DEC wanted to get rid
> of it in the early years, only later, when it turned
> out to be an economic failure.


The Hudson FAB wasn't underused because of lack of demand. From what I
was told, there were plenty of customers wanting DEC to build their
chips, but Palmer wanted to reserve FAB capacity in case Alpha became
popular. But by failing to address pricing, Alpha never became pppular
and Hudson FAB remain underused for years until it became obsolete at
which point DEC wanted to get rid of it without losing face. Hence the
Intel deal.