[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/27/2012 2:07 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> Well, unless they resurrect Alpha, they're hedging their bets on a dead
>> horse.  However, it is nice to see the SPARC is not in contention.
>
> Buying the rights for a dead platform may be much easier and cheaper
> than buying rights to copy a living one.

True.

But I still do not believe in China going Alpha.

> Doesn't the 8086 have special status that allows competitors to buid
> their own copies ?  Seems to me that this would be the way to go since
> China could export those chips to compete against Intel and ARM.

No.

Intel and AMD have some very complex cross licensing schemes
in place to deliver compatible CPU's.

Arne