Alpha Processor Inc. Essentially the same as the ZDNet News story below. IBM will begin manufacturing Alpha processors in its 0.18-micron process with copper interconnects for volume delivery to Compaq in the first quarter of 2001. Samples have been produced that run at 1.2 GHz. Both IBM and AMD were granted licenses to manufacture Alpha processors as part of settlement between Digital and Intel in 1998. This story notes participation by Michael Capellas and Oracle executive VP Gary Bloom, with quotes from Standish Group analyst John Whitmarsh and Acxiom executive Paul Montrose.
Story emphasizes performance leadership over competitors.
Europe Intelligence Wire reports that engineers at Compaq's Galway unit in the Irish Republic have designed Europe's most powerful supercomputer, for the French Atomic Energy Commission. This article is by Compaq's HPTC GIS Segment Manager, Don Brady. States that much of the human genome sequencing and assembly work was done using Compaq AlphaServer systems. Celera Genomics, The Sanger Centre, and the Whitehead Institute at MIT are all referenced as Compaq customers. Describes Compaq Alpha systems as the key computing architecture for the Human Genome Project.