Fwd: an article about Alpha CPUs

["William H. Magill" <magill mcgillsociety org>]

An interesting article on the history of the Alpha CPU was recently  
posted to the NetBSD mailing list:

Begin forwarded message:
> > From: "Paul V. Bolotoff" <walter alasir com>
> > Date: May 17, 2005 3:29:44 PM EDT
> > To: port-alpha netbsd org
> > Subject: an article about Alpha CPUs
> > Reply-To: walter alasir com
> >
> >
> > there is a comprehensive article about Alpha CPUs and their  
> > history. Could be interesting to the audience on this list, at  
> > least informative. I would read it for sure, but I have written it ;)
> >
> > http://www.alasir.com/alpha/alpha_history.html
> >
> > By the way, if there is anything unclear or even incorrect, I  
> > would like to know!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul


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