End Of The Line For Alpha 514
Scareduck writes "Infoworld reports HP has released the last iteration of the Alpha chip. I used these babies in the late 90's, and for a time, they were da bomb. Sadly, the economics weren't there, DEC management really didn't have much of a clue, and Alpha has, at long last, bit the dust. Alpha-based servers will continue to be sold through 2006, and supported through 2011. Farewell, Alpha; the world's line of chips seems to have declined to Intel and a handful of niche guys." Slashdot ran for the first 7 or 8 months off an Alpha box.
Shouldn't they rename it (Score:5, Funny)
Beta (Score:5, Funny)
Heh (Score:5, Funny)
Zombie Alpha needs brains, badly.
My Alpha Story (Score:3, Funny)
*sob*
Oh, this is just too much for me to handle. The greatest Quake platform is dead.
Good bye, cruel world!
Really, tho, this is a shame. Alpha procs are (*sob* were *sob*) the fastest thing a mortal could get. Ignoring compile problems, I'd take an Alpha over an x86 or PPC any day.
Back when Quake2 was the latest id title, I set up a dedicated server on my alpha box (a tiny multia). My roommate and I were amazed -- gameplay was glass -- it was actually better than running on an x86 dedicated server and better than running against a local server (same box). Could not believe it. It was so smooth.
Sorry, I'm going to go get drunk cry a lot (I'm working on solaris today, and I just can't take all the pain).
Alpha Envy (Score:5, Funny)
Bah! Back in the good old days... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)
(-1, reference to overblown P1 rounding errors)
Re:freeshell (Score:2, Funny)
Re:AMD (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shouldn't they rename it (Score:3, Funny)
Oops, wrong movie.
Re:ARM? (Score:2, Funny)
That depends on whether you mean average household or average slashdot reader household.
Re:Well (Score:3, Funny)
Division is futile
You will be approximated
(stolen from a sig - circa Pentium I)
Noo! (Score:1, Funny)
Alpha Boot (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I like my alpha BYEBYE (Score:1, Funny)
So which will die first, BSD or the Alpha?
/ kidding
Re:Sad (Score:2, Funny)
probably a typographical error, but what is this word supposed to be?
Re:Sad (Score:1, Funny)
Im not dead yet (Score:2, Funny)
Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The owner does not respond.)
C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this ALPHA what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the DEC ALPHA...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a ARCHITECTURE when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable CPU, the DEC ALPHA, idn'it, ay? Beautiful FP PERFORMANCE!
C: The FP PERFORMANCE don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) '#include
#include
#define X 128
#define Y 128
#define Z 128
#define T 120
double A[X][Y][Z][T]; int x, y, z, t;
main() { printf("\nprogram uses %g MBytes\n",X*(float)Y*Z*T*8.0/1.0e6);
for (x=0;xX;++x) { for (y=0;yY;++y) {
for (z=0;zZ;++z) { for (t=0;tT;++t) {
A[x][y][z][t]=(x+1)*(y+1)*(z+1)*(t+1);
} } } } }
O: There, it worked!
C: No, he didn't, that was you Typing!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting CPU) 'EHELO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes CPU OUT OF CASE and thumps it on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
C: Now that's what I call a DEAD ALPHA.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
Re:"Niche guys"? (Score:2, Funny)