Cypress Semiconductor Corp is now seriously talking about fabricating the Alpha RISC. Digital Equipment Corp needs someone to second-source the chips, and most of the semiconductor manufacturers are already tied, but Cypress may be in a position to straddle camps or even dump the Sparc. DEC’s discussions with Fujitsu Ltd are now said to be over – Fujitsu is not dumping Sparc, but it would have loved to have gone to Alpha instead two to three years ago.
