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"Longhorn" Alpha Preview
White Papers As the author noted previously, the alpha build he has seen is analogous to early Whistler builds, or perhaps the first December 1996 Memphis release (which became Windows 98), because it's really just a holding place for a few technology tests at...
[February 21, 2008, 23:00]
Alpha Grainger Manufacturing, Inc. Replaces Aging Legacy Backup Hardware With LiveBackup
White Papers Alpha Grainger Manufacturing, Inc.is a Franklin, MA-based, ISO 9002-certified producer of precision screw machine products. The problem Alpha Grainger Mfg. Inc.faced was the need to replace a backup appliance that had come to its end-of-life and...
[February 3, 2005, 23:00]
Alpha Proved Costly For Compaq
News The Alpha processor proved a costly investment that was increasingly difficult to justify, a senior Compaq Computer executive said this week. In either case, they haven't been funding the necessary development the Alpha processor required to keep...
[June 28, 2001, 9:48]
Alpha Chip To Live On In Itanium
News Compaq's Alpha chip may be heading toward the periphery of the market, but its influence will live on in versions of Intel's Itanium chip coming out in 2004 and beyond. Intel is readying two new versions of its Itanium chip - code-named Montecito...
[January 31, 2002, 8:56]
Guy Kewney: Alpha Chance For Intel?
News Producing another two versions of Alpha would be throwing huge, astronomical amounts of research money at a problem with the hope of dominating a tiny market. Now, rival Alpha chip designers have been added to the pudding.
[July 10, 2001, 16:23]
A Year Ago: Questions Still Hang Over Alpha Future
News The key part of this week's deal is Intel's purchase of Digital's Alpha manufacturing facility in Hudson, Mass.for $700 million. Having been touted as Digital's beacon to the future for the last five years, the Alpha processor will take a backseat...
[November 2, 1998, 5:08]
Porting Applications From HP OpenVMS Alpha To HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 For Integrity Servers
White Papers This paper provides a framework for application developers who are migrating applications from HP OpenVMS Alpha to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers. Porting Applications from HP OpenVMS Alpha to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64...
[October 7, 2004, 0:00]
Red Hat Linux Arrives For Alpha, Itanium
News Linux vendor Red Hat has released the latest version of its Linux operating system for two 64-bit platforms: Compaq's Alpha and Intel's Itanium. Alpha, once considered at the leading edge of high-end chip technology, was developed by Digital...
[January 9, 2002, 13:20]
Oracle Applications 11i 11.5.8 Split Configuration With Applications Tier On Alpha Server ES45 And Database Tier On Itanium 2-Based Server Rx5670
White Papers This white paper provides the detailed steps to use when implementing Oracle Applications 11i in a split configuration, where the applications software runs on a Tru64 Unix ALPHA server and the database (9.2) server runs on an HP-UX Itanium 2...
[October 14, 2004, 0:00]
Microsoft Backs Away From Alpha
News While Microsoft is committing to support existing NT-on-Alpha customers, the software giant isn't going to support new NT development on any architecture other than Intel's, starting in September. While NT-on-Alpha never sold like gangbusters, as...
[August 25, 1999, 15:45]
SAP Migration From Alpha To Integrity Brings Dramatic Performance Boost
White Papers Austria's 3-e group had performance and cost issues with its old Alpha servers. Based in Wels, Austria, 3e-group is an association of specialised dealers in do-it-yourself and hardware goods. It acts for 350 independent businesses, 200 of which are...
[March 9, 2007, 23:00]
Digital Discusses Alpha, Merced And Compaq Merger Plans
News Harry Copperman, senior vice president and group executive of Digital's products division, also reaffirmed Digital's commitment to the Alpha microprocessor and said the company will shortly sign an unspecified third semiconductor maker to...
[April 1, 1998, 10:43]
US Report: Cool Technology Fuels Alpha
News In June, Digital plans to release 600MHz 21164 Alpha workstations that, through cooling technology from a small company called KryoTech in the US, actually run at 767MHz. Digital first demonstrated a prototype of the chilled 600MHz 21164 Alpha at...
[April 8, 1998, 13:15]
Digital Settles With Intel, Loses Plants, Keeps Alpha
News Under the terms of the deal, Digital will agree to support Intel's 64-bit chip architecture, although it will continue development of its own Alpha processor. Intel has agreed to serve as a foundry for the Alpha and has agreed to support future...
[October 27, 1997, 13:40]
A Year Ago: Intel Buying Digital's Alpha Could Be A 'win-win'
News Reports suggesting Digital could sell its Alpha microprocessor division to Intel met with as much surprise from the pair's UK operations as they did the rest of the industry. It makes sense, although Alpha has not had spectacular success in terms...
[October 7, 1998, 6:12]
Pay-as-you-surf With Alpha Telecom's Internet Scratch Card
News Britain's first ever pre-paid Internet access card is to be launched by Alpha Telecom next month, in attempt to tap into the marketing phenomenon which jump-started mobile phone usage. Unlike subscription-based services such as BT, AOL and...
[July 17, 2001, 7:29]
Compaq And Samsung Push Ahead With Alpha
News A deal between Compaq Computer, Samsung Electronics and Alpha Processor Inc. Vice president of publications and editorial director at Microprocessor Report, Linley Gwennap also suggests that this is Compaq's way of showing its commitment to Alpha...
[December 14, 1999, 6:30]
US Report: Digital, Intel Close Alpha Sale
News The $625m (£383m) deal makes Intel the foundry of Digital's 64-bit Alpha processor. The Federal Trade Commission had questioned the sale, and last month brokered a deal whereby Digital and Intel would license Alpha manufacturing rights to other...
[May 18, 1998, 15:35]
Compaq Releases Alpha Chip Amid Brighter Prospects
News The new Alpha 21264 runs at 833MHz and will be included in Compaq's AlphaServer ES 40 line of servers, complex machines that sell for tens of thousands of dollars and up. In the first half, Ericsson will commercially release its first...
[February 13, 2001, 11:10]
Alto: A Link-Time Optimizer For The DEC Alpha
White Papers This paper describes alto, a link-time optimizer for the DEC Alpha architecture. Traditional optimizing compilers are limited in the scope of their optimizations by the fact that only a single function, or possibly a single module, is available for...
[August 26, 2003, 0:00]
