> I can't find a strong source to link, but I thought most of the Alpha team ended up at Intel.
DEC was bought by Compaq, who sold the team to Intel at the same time it was bought by HP. Intel's Massachusetts site is a former DEC facility.
DEC was bought by Compaq, who sold the team to Intel at the same time it was bought by HP. Intel's Massachusetts site is a former DEC facility.
Compaq abandoned DEC's Alpha for the HP/Intel Itanic, so Intel didn't get an Alpha business. However, Compaq sold the Alpha IP to Intel in 2001, before the HP takeover in 2002.
I'd be interested to know what happened to the Alpha architects, Richard L. Sites and Richard T. Witek. A quick search doesn't find anything interesting.
I remember there was a breakaway of DEC engineers founding a small chip design company, but can't remember what it was called.