Dirk Meyer ended up at AMD, it was why the likes of Hypertransport borrowed/adapted the Alpha EV6 protocol and kicked serious arse.
Always loved Alpha's, their influence cast a long shadow.
Always loved Alpha's, their influence cast a long shadow.
I have had very unconfirmed rumour that K8 involved so much of DEC stuff (starting with it's obviously EV7-derived design) that at one point it still had support for VAX floating point...