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end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardwareend of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardwarePosted Aug 19, 2011 10:37 UTC (Fri) by gus3 (guest, #61103)Parent article: HP dropping webOS devices
I realize I may be hoping against hope, but would it be too much to ask, that H-P release the Alpha and PA-RISC designs to OpenCores?
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end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardware Posted Aug 19, 2011 12:02 UTC (Fri) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]
Given the complexity of making an Alpha or a PA-RISC, would it really be hepful?
end of "owned" stuff Posted Aug 19, 2011 12:55 UTC (Fri) by ndye (subscriber, #9947) [Link]
HP's penchant for losing things (and other habits) and the USPTO system's treble-damages threat combine to make me less than hopeful that technology's history will be read, much less have its lessons extracted and learned.
(I've got an illuminating story about their EVA disk array . . . .)
We renters (since that's how these hardware/software vendors treat us customers) need to get more uppity about escrowing what's required for support after the original vendor wants to move on.
end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardware Posted Aug 20, 2011 9:02 UTC (Sat) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link]
One word: FPGA
It would probably be as easy as loading it.
However, the performance today would be no match for the newer FPGA's built in DSPs.
end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardware Posted Aug 19, 2011 17:10 UTC (Fri) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]
What use would a 20 year old core be?
According to Wikipedia all the Alpha IP was sold to Intel.
end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardware Posted Aug 19, 2011 22:59 UTC (Fri) by gus3 (guest, #61103) [Link]
One could say the same of a 35-year-old core (the 65xx CPU's from MOS) but there is an active project underway to examine, and replicate, the 6502(?) wafer as a study help for hobbyists, students, and future chip designers. Not to denigrate the new tools, but it helps to know where we came from, and how the "impossible" became reality.
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