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DEC's 40 years of innovation

DEC's 40 years of innovation

...In 1992, DEC had one final burst of genius — the DEC Alpha processor. Although the company had had considerable success with the single... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Trend Micro Virus Controlled Pattern File 9.142.01

Trend Micro Virus Controlled Pattern File 9.142.01

...the pattern file for all Trend Micro products running on Intel or DEC Alpha based operating systems and for products using virus scanning API Library... Read more

25 May, 2012

Windows for ARM? Maybe, but not in 2011

...various times, Windows NT has run on Intel i860, MIPS R3000/R4000, DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Intel Itanium and Sun Sparc chips. The pundits (not... Read more

22 December, 2010

Intel untangles dual-core chips

IDF: Intel on Tuesday unveiled its first dual-core Xeon and Itanium processors, together with a raft of upcoming technologies Read more

17 September, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

FreeBSD platform adds Sun's DTrace tool

...platforms; not only the x86 architecture, but also Sun's Sparc and DEC Alpha systems Read more

5 January, 2009 by Renai LeMay

AMD's Ruiz steps down as CEO

...patents and many chip designs to his name including the ground-breaking DEC Alpha processor," Ruiz said. "He led the design of our industry-transforming... Read more

18 July, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Why 64 bit is the 'new' catchword

...stranger to 64-bit processors since it started running on the then-DEC Alpha processor in 1996. However, the majority of corporate IT was developed... Read more

8 April, 2003 by James McPherson
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (Alpha) with High Encryption

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (Alpha) with High Encryption

...This version provides 128-bit encryption capabilities for computers running on the DEC Alpha platform. The High Encryption version of Windows NT 4.0 SP6a... Read more

24 October, 2002
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (Alpha) with Standard Encryption

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (Alpha) with Standard Encryption

...customers, this version provides standard encryption capabilities for computers running on the DEC Alpha platform. If you are unsure whether your NT 4.0 system... Read more

24 October, 2002

Remote control with VNC

...2000, and Windows XP. Separate versions are also available for Windows CE, DEC Alpha, Macintosh, Solaris, and Linux. Although each version must be downloaded separately... Read more

21 May, 2002 by Brien M Posey
Adaptec NIC Drivers 3.0

Adaptec NIC Drivers 3.0

...3.1x/4.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, DEC Alpha for Windows NT v4.0, OS/2, DOS ODI, DOS NDIS... Read more

8 September, 1998
Power and Performance at Southern Electric

Power and Performance at Southern Electric

...much greater accuracy, speed and confidence. In order to size the requisite DEC Alpha model for the GIS application, which will need to be able... Read more

1 January, 2010
Parallel Computing for the Finite Element Method

Parallel Computing for the Finite Element Method

...then proposed to implement this formulation on a cluster of workstations (10 DEC ALPHA 300X) and on a CRAY C98. Analysis of the computation efficiency... Read more

18 April, 2007
68quad 1.1

68quad 1.1

...In the last years, other silicon vendors (Intel Merced, HP PA, MIPS, DEC alpha, ...) have extended their architecures to 64 bit to extend the directly... Read more

5 August, 2001
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Program Hangs During Unload with Secure Connection Update

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Program Hangs During Unload with Secure Connection Update

...Hangs During Unload with Secure Connection" issue in Windows NT® 4.0 DEC Alpha. Download now to prevent problems while using a dynamic-link library... Read more

22 August, 2000

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