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Posted Aug 19, 2011 17:10 UTC (Fri) by bk (guest, #25617)In reply to: end of H-P (Compaq, Digital) hardware by gus3
Parent article: HP dropping webOS devices
What use would a 20 year old core be?
According to Wikipedia all the Alpha IP was sold to Intel.
Posted Aug 19, 2011 22:59 UTC (Fri)
by gus3 (guest, #61103)
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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.