[krb]

Not a chance. it was really weak when intel got DEC semiconductor division (alpha).

Compaq got that part of DEC.

Intel got the DEC StrongARM (now Intel XScale).

[ProudVet77]

Actually the guys that went to Compaq are now working back in Hudson for Intel. When Compaq got bought out by HP they sold off the Shrewsbury semicondutor that had been bought by Compaq back to Intel. Have a friend whose resume reads like this:
Digital Equipment
Compaq
HP
Intel
and he actually hasn't left the same job he's had all along.