End of the line for HP's Alpha processor

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Hewlett-Packard will release the final processor upgrade for its AlphaServer line of Unix servers on Monday.

The 1.3 GHz EV7z marks the last in a line of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) processors initially developed by Digital Equipment but ultimately acquired by HP as part of its 2002 acquisition of Compaq Computer.

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