instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Alpha was designed to replace 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computers...
62 KB (6,317 words) - 22:34, 31 May 2024
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...
102 KB (12,411 words) - 10:04, 9 June 2024
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...
9 KB (1,131 words) - 03:47, 19 May 2024
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...
19 KB (2,601 words) - 14:12, 26 April 2024
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)...
12 KB (843 words) - 00:00, 14 February 2024
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...
45 KB (6,672 words) - 19:58, 17 June 2024
— initially instruction set architectures including IA-32, MIPS, and DEC Alpha; support for PowerPC, Itanium, x64, and ARM were added later. Currently...
51 KB (4,440 words) - 08:23, 12 June 2024
the name suggests, the AlphaStations were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor. Supported operating systems for AlphaStations comprise Tru64 UNIX...
11 KB (279 words) - 18:12, 6 September 2023
these workstations. The Alpha-based Multias came with the TGA (DEC 21030) graphics adapter. Standard peripherals on both Alpha and Intel models included...
4 KB (547 words) - 11:41, 27 December 2021
Ports have been made for the x64 version of Windows, along with the Dec Alpha & MIPS versions of Windows NT. A BeOS version was written from scratch...
9 KB (929 words) - 19:22, 7 May 2024