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To: gammaray who wrote (5285)	4/24/1998 2:03:00 PM
From: Gutterball	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14464

Here is what an industry analyst said about Alpha for AMD... "It's a positive for AMD," said Mark Edelstone, a Morgan Stanley analyst in San Francisco. He said that in its next generation processor, the K7, AMD had announced plans to use the Alpha's bus technology. A bus enables faster communications between the processor and other components in a PC. "Had Intel sole rights to the technology, that might have erected potential roadblocks (for AMD)," he said. Here's what AMD has to say... A spokesman for Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD said AMD already has negotiated the rights to the Alpha bus for its K7 chip but that the possibility of getting rights to the Alpha processor technology is very exciting for the company. "They have great technology and we have great technology and this will give us an opportunity to work with both and blend them and create something that is just outstanding," AMD spokesman Scott Allen said. He said he could not be specific about what AMD's plans would be with Alpha because the FTC decision caught everyone at his company by surprise. "We are not talking about any specifics until the deal becomes official," he said. In addition, Digital must begin the process of certifying International Business Machines Corp. or another commission-approved agency as an alternate producer of Alpha chips. Here some comments from IBM... IBM spokesman Tom Beerman said it was "the first we've heard of the ruling, so we're not prepared to evaluate whether we want to produce the chip."

To: gammaray who wrote (5285)	4/25/1998 9:41:00 AM
From: Lou	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14464

Information about the Mondex Smart Card/reposter If I remember right, some time ago Neil had asked for information about a company by the name of Mondex. The following link may help, (although he may already be aware of it). This link provides technical details of the Mondex smart card itself. Other links on this page can get him to the rest of the site. I hope it's helpful. mondex.com ge.pl?english+global&technology_card.html Doug

To: gammaray who wrote (5285)	4/26/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: Jonas	Respond to of 14464

Hi Neil, re Slater - don't share his view as that would imply that AMD, Samsung (& IBM?) are wrong in their interest in the Alpha.... demand is not a fixed state...I am sure You can find 'experts' on any topic with any view...DEC in my view has (& also sold off e.g. DLT) great technology...but seemingly could never capitalize on it for some reason re FTC ruling I'm also upbeat - things seem to develop nicely....as I said before - Alpha without ESDRAM would simply reduce system performance...and would have thought that's what anybody buying an Alpha wants...but given my technical ignorance I'm not going to take it for granted...but even if ESDRAM will not be used exclusively a larger Alpha base 'can't hurt' as Dan said.... maybe this is further motivation for additional licencees maybe the Alpha in the Merced era will take on the role of the Mac in the 80s and the x86 clones in the 90s... only now with powerful giants on each side...and until the Merced comes out it'll be the only 64-bit architecture with 64-bit Windows NT5.0 support...that by itself should be a demand booster... Re recent PZT development Several Fram licencees have also have Symetrix licences.... ...but does the recent development mean Symetrix is/will no longer needed...and those that have licenses from both could turn to rmtr....one-stop shopping sor' of I mean, eh? or did I just reveal my ignorance on this issue? have browsed through these links recently old & recent on alpha dutlbcz.lr.tudelft.nl dutlbcz.lr.tudelft.nl IBM And Digital Boost High-End RISC Servers techweb.com Battle Royal Brews In Workstation Silicon techweb.com ST's HDTV decoder pares memory needs SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Inc. has introduced an HDTV decoder that incorporates a proprietary memory-reduction technology to yield a full-screen display with only 64 Mbits of external memory... techweb.com -> 'low-density' app...just a thought High-performance SLDRAM, double-data-rate entries make moves at high end -- PC makers embrace Rambus DRAM alternatives techweb.com ...Micron Electronics.... preparing to ship its own SLDRAMs "It is very similar to the bandwidth of Direct Rambus, so if I'm looking for just memory bandwidth I could go with either one," said Dean Klein, executive vice president of product development and chief technology officer for Micron Electronics (Nampa, Idaho). "Beyond that, there is no Rambus tax and secondly, it probably has a quieter bus and is more expandable." "I'm finding that the OEMs are more enthusiastic about DDR than about next-generation DRAMs," said Sherry Garber, an analyst with Semico Research Corp. (Phoenix). "The OEMs have not made a final decision on what they're going to do. To be sure, Direct Rambus has garnered the widest support among DRAM makers, many of whom will start to provide sample parts in the second half of the year and in 1999. byte.com With Windows NT rapidly turning into a mainstream OS, Digital Equipment's Alpha CPU may be well positioned to grab a slice of the high-end desktop/server market. Originally considered an underdog, the Alpha is now establishing itself as a viable competitor to the x86. Alpha's Future - old but roadmap of Alpha processors byte.com DIGITAL Enterprise Software for Windows NT digital.com