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# Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors

## Neal Crook, Digital Equipment (Editor: David Mosberger)

V0.11, 6 June 1997

This document is a brief overview of existing Alpha CPUs, chipsets and systems. It has something of a hardware bias, reflecting my own area of expertese. Although I am an employee of Digital Equipment Corporation, this is not an official statement by Digital and any opinions expressed are mine and not Digital's.

## 1. What is Alpha

## 2. What is Digital Semiconductor

## 3. Alpha CPUs

## 4. 21064 performance vs 21066 performance

## 5. A Few Notes On Clocking

## 6. The chip-sets

## 7. The Systems

## 8. Bytes and all that stuff

## 9. PALcode and all that stuff

## 10. Porting

## 11. More Information

## 12. References

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