[Info-vax] Intel: Kittson to be socket-compatible with 9300 and 9500

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kep28i$iqp$1 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, Keith Parris
<keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> writes: 

> During development of the Tukwila (9300) chip, Intel and HP adjusted 
> plans in response to market directions and accepted the extra 
> development time required to redesign Tukwila (and the planned HP 
> systems) to use DDR3 memory instead of the previously-planned DDR2. This 
> provided better performance for the chip and the systems designed around it.

Etc etc.  I am probably not the only one thinking that back in the day, 
hardware, software and support all came from DEC and it was all good.  
This seems like a) a woman filing charges against her husband for rape 
AND b) wanting to stay married.

Most were surprised when Compaq bought DEC.  (IIRC, the Compaq founders 
flipped a coin to decide whether to start a computer company or open a 
Mexican restaurant.)  Most were surprised that HP bought Compaq.  It 
would make sense for someone to buy the key elements of DEC from their 
current owners---say VMS, Rdb, compilers etc---and reboot (no pun 
intended) the company.  If Richard Branson is taking people into space, 
then this should be possible as well.