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To: Elmer who wrote (138036)	6/25/2001 10:55:30 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer - Intel got some, but not all, of the Alpha patents. They did not, however, get any Tandem patents - the DEC deal was done prior to CPQ's acquisition of DEC. Tandem had a number of interesting superscalar patents which Intel was interested in a few years ago. This deal will certainly end any wrangling between CPQ and Intel over those issues. A much bigger win IMO is that this places CPQ, which has a lot of 64 bit expertise, squarely in the Itanuim camp. Their high end and very high end stuff will make some great proof points for anyone who doubts if Intel is ready to do the biggest jobs. It's not so much the processor technology, as all the related compiler, application, and systems stuff that will help power a more rapid shift to Itanium. Sure looks like a big win for Intel to me.