[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[ChrisQ]

On 05/02/12 01:12, Michael Kraemer wrote:

>
> I don't know what feeds your pipe dreams,
> but the Alpha never had a good track record in power efficiency.
> In fact, its inability to adapt to the needs of embedded devices
> (with the exception of AXPvme, which failed miserably)
> was one reason for its demise.
>

Sounds like rewriting history ?. I ran alpha machines for a decade
or more and don't remember them being any more power hungry than
equivalent x86 machines of the time, though they were much, much
faster.

With shrinks and improved process technology, i'm sure that Alpha
would have been more than competitvve with current designs, just
as ibm power is now for it's intended market.

Wonder how fast the last of the microvaxen would have been with
similar upgrades ?...

Regards,

Chris