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Alpha 21064, the Glossary

The Alpha 21064 is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation that implemented the Alpha (introduced as the Alpha AXP) instruction set architecture (ISA).^[1]

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64-bit microprocessors
DEC microprocessors
Superscalar microprocessors

Adder (electronics)

An adder, or summer, is a digital circuit that performs addition of numbers.

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The Alpha 21164, also known by its code name, EV5, is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation that implemented the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA). Alpha 21064 and Alpha 21164 are 64-bit microprocessors, DEC microprocessors and superscalar microprocessors.

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AlphaServer

AlphaServer is a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.

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AlphaStation

AlphaStation is the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.

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Application-specific integrated circuit

An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficiency video codec.

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Arithmetic logic unit

In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.

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Barrel shifter

A barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can shift a data word by a specified number of bits without the use of any sequential logic, only pure combinational logic, i.e. it inherently provides a binary operation.

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Binary multiplier

A binary multiplier is an electronic circuit used in digital electronics, such as a computer, to multiply two binary numbers.

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Booth's multiplication algorithm

Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation.

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Branch (computer science)

A branch, jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate from its default behavior of executing instructions in order.

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Branch predictor

In computer architecture, a branch predictor is a digital circuit that tries to guess which way a branch (e.g., an if–then–else structure) will go before this is known definitively.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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Byte (magazine)

Byte (stylized as BYTE) was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.

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Chipset

In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components on one or more integrated circuits that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals.

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Circuit design

The process of circuit design can cover systems ranging from complex electronic systems down to the individual transistors within an integrated circuit.

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Computer data storage

Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.

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Computergram International

Computergram International was a daily, pre-Internet newsletter covering enterprise information technology, published in London by APT Data Services from 1984.

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Control unit

The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor.

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CPU cache

A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.

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Cray

Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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Cray T3D

The T3D (Torus, 3-Dimensional) was Cray Research's first attempt at a massively parallel supercomputer architecture.

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DEC 3000 AXP

DEC 3000 AXP was the name given to a series of computer workstations and servers, produced from 1992 to around 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation.

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DEC 4000 AXP

The DEC 4000 AXP is a series of departmental server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation introduced on 10 November 1992.

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DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP

The DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP are a series of high-end multiprocessor server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation, introduced on 10 November 1992 (although the DEC 10000 AXP was not available until the following year).

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DEC Alpha

Alpha (original name Alpha AXP) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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DEC Multia

The Multia, later re-branded the Universal Desktop Box, was a line of desktop computers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation on 7 November 1994.

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DECpc AXP 150

The DECpc AXP 150, code-named Jensen, is an entry-level workstation developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation.

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Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Dirk Meyer

Derrick R. "Dirk" Meyer (born November 24, 1961) is a former Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, serving in the position from July 18, 2008 to January 10, 2011.

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ECC memory

Error correction code memory (ECC memory) is a type of computer data storage that uses an error correction code (ECC) to detect and correct n-bit data corruption which occurs in memory.

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Electronic News

Electronic News was a publication that covered the electronics industry, from semiconductor equipment and materials to military/aerospace electronics to supercomputers.

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Embedded system

An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.

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Encore Computer

Encore Computer was an early pioneer in the parallel computing market, based in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

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Error correction code

In computing, telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction (FEC) or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels.

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Firmware

In computing, firmware is software that provides low-level control of computing device hardware.

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Floating-point unit

A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.

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Framebuffer

A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of random-access memory (RAM) containing a bitmap that drives a video display.

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Graphics processing unit

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.

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Heat sink

A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature.

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Heat spreader

A heat spreader transfers energy as heat from a hotter source to a colder heat sink or heat exchanger.

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Hudson, Massachusetts

Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, with a total population of 20,092 as of the 2020 census.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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IEEE Micro

IEEE Micro is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society covering small systems and semiconductor chips, including integrated circuit processes and practices, project management, development tools and infrastructure, as well as chip design and architecture, empirical evaluations of small system and IC technologies and techniques, and human and social aspects of system development.

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Instruction pipelining

In computer engineering, instruction pipelining is a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor. Alpha 21064 and instruction pipelining are superscalar microprocessors.

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Instruction set architecture

In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers.

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Interconnect (integrated circuits)

In integrated circuits (ICs), interconnects are structures that connect two or more circuit elements (such as transistors) together electrically.

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International Solid-State Circuits Conference

International Solid-State Circuits Conference is a global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and Systems-on-a-Chip.

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Kilobyte

The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Laptop

A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC).

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Memory controller

A memory controller, also known as memory chip controller (MCC) or a memory controller unit (MCU), is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data going to and from a computer's main memory.

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Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

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Microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.

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Microprocessor Report

Microprocessor Report is a newsletter covering the microprocessor industry.

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Mitsubishi Electric

is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Multiplication

Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol, by the mid-line dot operator, by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction, and division.

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Multiprocessing

Multiprocessing is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system.

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NetApp

NetApp, Inc. is an American data infrastructure company that provides unified data storage, integrated data services, and cloud operations (CloudOps) solutions to enterprise customers.

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NetApp FAS

A NetApp FAS is a computer storage product by NetApp running the ONTAP operating system; the terms ONTAP, AFF, ASA, FAS are often used as synonyms.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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Original equipment manufacturer

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.

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Overclocking

In computing, overclocking is the practice of increasing the clock rate of a computer to exceed that certified by the manufacturer.

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Page (computer memory)

A page, memory page, or virtual page is a fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory, described by a single entry in a page table.

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Page table

A page table is a data structure used by a virtual memory system in a computer to store mappings between virtual addresses and physical addresses.

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Parity bit

A parity bit, or check bit, is a bit added to a string of binary code.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Phase-locked loop

A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop (PLL) is a control system that generates an output signal whose phase is fixed relative to the phase of an input signal.

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Physical address

In computing, a physical address (also real address, or binary address), is a memory address that is represented in the form of a binary number on the address bus circuitry in order to enable the data bus to access a particular storage cell of main memory, or a register of memory-mapped I/O device.

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Pin grid array

A pin grid array (PGA) is a type of integrated circuit packaging.

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POWER2

The POWER2, originally named RIOS2, is a processor designed by IBM that implemented the POWER instruction set architecture. Alpha 21064 and POWER2 are superscalar microprocessors.

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Register file

A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU).

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Second source

In the electronics industry, a second source is a company that is licensed to manufacture and sell components originally designed by another company (the first source).

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Semiconductor fabrication plant

In the microelectronics industry, a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab; sometimes foundry) is a factory for semiconductor device fabrication.

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Server (computing)

A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.

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Sign bit

In computer science, the sign bit is a bit in a signed number representation that indicates the sign of a number.

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Single-board computer

A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer.

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South Queensferry

Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Static random-access memory

Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of random-access memory (RAM) that uses latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.

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Supercomputer

A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.

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Superscalar processor

A superscalar processor (or multiple-issue processor) is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single processor. Alpha 21064 and superscalar processor are superscalar microprocessors.

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Tadpole Computer

Tadpole Computer was a manufacturer of rugged, military specification, UNIX workstations, thin client laptops and lightweight servers.

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Translation lookaside buffer

A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is a memory cache that stores the recent translations of virtual memory to physical memory.

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Uniprocessor system

A uniprocessor system is defined as a computer system that has a single central processing unit that is used to execute computer tasks.

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Video random-access memory

Video random-access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor.

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Virtual address space

In computing, a virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process.

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Virtual memory

In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage, is a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given machine" which "creates the illusion to users of a very large (main) memory".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21064

Also known as Alpha 21064A, Alpha 21066, Alpha 21066A, Alpha 21068, Alpha 21068A, DECchip 21064, DECchip 21064A, DECchip 21066, DECchip 21066A, DECchip 21068, DECchip 21068A.

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64-bit microprocessors

DEC microprocessors

Superscalar microprocessors

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