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by InclinedPlane 5346 days ago
The DEC Alpha legacy actually wound up at AMD, in the form of the early generation Athlon processors. HP abandoned the Alpha but AMD snapped up the core ideas and a lot of the talent.
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So, you got me curious. It turns out that the IP ended up with Intel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha , I can't seem to find out who owns the brand, but the DEC brand definitely ended up with HP.
I don't think he's talking about the legaleese but the 'spirit'.
Apparently a chunk of engineering went to Intel, another to AMD.