Dr. Blinn,
It funny that all you did was basiclly reinforce what our fears are that
there is no real upgrade path to the GS160 but to go with GS320, and that
the EV7 chips will more that likely be on a new system and can not be used
on current systems, but that could change but no one knows so the customers
hang in the wind to guess.
thanks
Vince
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06/27/2001 04:37 PM ---------------------------
"Dr. Thomas.Blinn_at_Compaq.com" <tpb on 06/27/2001 03:26:42 PM
To: Vincent D'Antonio/BISYS_BPS
cc: Paul.G.Henderson_at_compaq.com
Subject: Re: Compaq/Intel agreement... postings on this list
> Paul,
> just my two cents, but it looks like Compaq has said that it is losing
> about 300 million per year on alpha and need to cut operating expense so
> Compaq is off loading a losing product to Intel. I see that and again
> through things I have read that alpha will be supported till the end of
> 2003, because the porting of the OS's should be done and ready for
release
> by 2004?
> Compaq is only working on EV7 alpha chip and has haulted the dev. of EV8,
> but and I am be misreading this the EV7 would be on a new alpha
serverthat
> would be coming in late 2003 early 2004, would that same chip work in
older
> boxes such as the GS160? if yes at what cost, do we need a new
backplane,
> or new QBB's?
>
> As I have read it, and please correct me if I am wrong starting in 2004
> everything will be on IA-64 hardware with the Itanium chip, what will
> happen to the alpha servers at this time? At what point will you no
longer
> be able to get upgrades or support for current systems? I have read that
> Compaq will support the alpha's through 2003 what happens after that?
>
> These are some things I see.
>
> thanks
> Vince
Vince,
Neither Paul nor I are responsible for answering your questions. Being
that as it may, NO ONE has promised that the EV7 processors will work in
the GS series cabinetry. I am not telling you that they will not, since
I don't know that they will not, but I have seen nothing so far that is
a strong indication that they will. There ARE planned "speed upgrades"
for the current GS series using the EV67 microprocessor chips, and they
are due out in the near future.
If you really need the in-depth kind of system packaging roadmap for the
AlphaServer system family that you are seeking, then you need to get to
your account manager and ask for a presentation under non-disclosure, it
is the ONLY way you will get the details you seek.
Putting it another way, even if Paul and I knew the detailed answers to
your questions, we could not tell you. It's HIGHLY business sensitive
information. You MUST work through your account manager.
Tom
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Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 20:39:39 NZST