instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Alpha was designed to replace 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computers...
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Digital Equipment Corporation (redirect from DEC (computer company))
server market, the DEC Alpha product line began to make successful inroads in the mid-1990s, but was too late to save the company. DEC was acquired in June...
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Tadpole Computer (section DEC Alpha)
Alpha, PowerPC and x86. Although very expensive, these classic Tadpoles won favour as a method to show corporation's proprietary software (IBM/HP/DEC)...
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Look up alpha, Alpha, Α, or α in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alpha (Α or α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Alpha or ALPHA may also refer...
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Starting where PRISM left off, the DEC Alpha program started in 1989. Introduced in 1977, the VAX was a runaway success for DEC, cementing its place as the world's...
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Memory management unit (section DEC Alpha)
Software". Alpha AXP Architecture (PDF) (Second ed.). Digital Press. 1995. ISBN 1-55558-145-5. EY-TI32E-DP. "Part II-B / DEC OSF/1 Software". Alpha AXP Architecture...
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— initially instruction set architectures including IA-32, MIPS, and DEC Alpha; support for PowerPC, Itanium, x64, and ARM were added later. Currently...
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the name suggests, the AlphaStations were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor. Supported operating systems for AlphaStations comprise Tru64 UNIX...
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