In the deal, which includes a cross-licensing arrangement, Intel agreed to buy Digital's Alpha microprocessor operations.

ECONOMIST: Wild

When the K7's on-chip 128KB L1 cache becomes too small, the K7 will call on the 200-MHz EV6 bus developed for Digital's Alpha processors.

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Thrown in almost free are Digital's speedy Alpha microprocessor and popular Alta Vista search engine.

FORBES: Bon apptit!

Alpha and the rest of the Digital technology, people and patents have, in effect, cost nothing.

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Digital will keep its Alpha design teams to continue work on future generations of chips.

ECONOMIST: Wild

The alleged victims, note, are among Intel's customers: only Digital, with its Alpha chip, is a direct competitor among them.

ECONOMIST: Intel

The campaign, which includes rebranding Digital Unix and launching new Alpha-based server products, is Compaq's latest effort to grow Unix market share.

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