Compaq Computer's announcement on Monday to license its Alpha chip technology to Intel signals the end of the line for the chip--once hailed as the fastest on the planet. Intel will begin channeling ...

Compaq Computer's announcement on Monday to license its Alpha chip technology to Intel signals the end of the line for the chip--once hailed as the fastest on the planet. Intel will begin channeling ...

Compaq Computer Corp. will transfer its entire 64-bit family of servers to Intel Corp.’s Itanium microprocessor architecture by 2004. Also as part of the agreement, Compaq will sell key intellectual ...

Compaq Computer's three-year plan to get out of the Alpha server business removes hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses from its balance sheet and should help boost its profits over the long ...

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel Corp. today announced that it hassecured Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp.’s 64-bit Alpha microprocessor technology.Over the next several years, Compaq will transfer ...

The Alpha processor proved a costly investment that was increasingly difficult to justify, a senior Compaq Computer Corp. executive said this week NEW YORK CITY - "This has been a very interesting ...

Compaq Computer Corp. solidified its commitment to Itanium Monday by handing over production of its high-end Alpha microprocessor to Intel Corp. and sentencing the chip to a phase-out ending in 2004. ...

Compaq could make a mint from the Alpha processor it acquired along with its maker, Digital ? but will it? Tony Harrington investigates It might have been widely heralded by analysts as a natural ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Following years of speculation, Compaq Computer Corp. has decided to move away from producing its own line of high-end Alpha microprocessors. The company has signed an extensive ...

Paul DeMone has written a post mortem on the recent Alpha news. He looks at its implications for the 64-bit landscape, and what it'll mean for all the parties involved in the deal.<BR><blockquote>This ...

The Alpha chip technology acquired by Compaq when it bought Digital earlier this year has a future ? or at least a short-term one. Alpha will play a leading role, along with Windows NT, within ...