The battle for processor speed supremacy is only part of the equation in a successful computer chip, but the Alpha line — passed on from Digital Equipment to Compaq to HP — was built on the premise ...

SAN JOSE — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s costly efforts to enter the microprocessor field may have abruptly ended this week, especially after Compaq Computer Corp.'s decision to kill the 64-bit Alpha ...

LG Electronics is expected to feature a new next-gen processor in its 2024 OLED TVs. According to the Korean newspaper Etnews, reported by FlatPanelsHD, the upcoming ‘Alpha 10’ video, audio and data ...

SEATTLE — Compaq Computer Corp.'s recent decision to kill the 64-bit Alpha microprocessor line by 2004 or so could have a major impact on the U.S. supercomputer industry, including the pioneer in the ...

For 64-bit OSs you could run Linux on it, or VMS. For 32-bit, you could run NT Version 4, or Windows 2000 RC1 (or maybe RC2, I forget). <BR><BR>Good luck finding a motherboard. After that everything ...

API Networks, an important player in the history of the storied Alpha processor, is about to close up shop. The Concord, Mass., company is winding down operations and will go out of business shortly, ...

The title says it most. I inherited the responsibility of maintaining an older Beowulf cluster made up of ~5 year old boxes each having a single alpha processor in it, I think thier clock speed is ...