[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[JF Mezei]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> If they make money on Power CPU's then they will make them. If not
> then they will drop them.
> 

Not that simple. IBM makes money from its chip fabbing business. And the
sell plenty of PowerPC chips to the game console makers.

So the Power chip, *IF* not profitable, could very well be like its "Big
Blue" computer that plays chess and car makers building formula 1 racing
cars: advertising to show how capable IBM is.