Alpha Processor Archive
Restored pages of alpha-processor.com at their original addresses, plus new articles on the Alpha platform — history, restoration guides and deep dives.
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Lessons from the Alpha ISA: Clean 64-bit RISC Design
No condition codes, no delay slots, a weak memory model and PALcode: what the Alpha ISA got right, what it had to add later, and its echoes in RISC-V and ARM64.
ArticleThe CS20 and the Birth of Dense 1U Computing
How API packed two Alpha 21264 CPUs into a 1U server in 2000: thermal and power engineering, rack density math, cluster deployments and legacy.
ArticleBenchmarking Alpha: SPEC Results in Context
Alpha's SPECint and SPECfp results from the CPU95 and CPU2000 era, why it led floating point, the role of Compaq compilers and memory bandwidth, and caveats.
API NetWorks Accelerates Use of HyperTransport Technology with Industry's 1st HyperTransport-to-PCI Bridge
API NetWorks introduces the industry's first HyperTransport-to-PCI bridge chip, letting designers adopt HyperTransport while keeping existing PCI devices.
API NetWorks Announces Support of AMD’s New HyperTransport™ Technology for Next-Generation Networking and Computing Equipment
API NetWorks, co-developer of HyperTransport with AMD, outlines its plan to bring the I/O interconnect formerly called LDT to networking and computing gear.
API NetWorks and Cray Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance to Introduce First Move of Alpha Linux Into Large-Scale, Mission-Critical Clustered Environments
API NetWorks and Cray Inc. form an alliance to bring Alpha Linux clusters built on API servers into large-scale, mission-critical supercomputing environments.
API NetWorks Unveils CS20, The World’s Most Powerful 1U Server
API NetWorks introduces the CS20, a 1U rack server with two Alpha 21264 processors, built for dense Linux clusters, web hosting and compute-heavy server farms.
Dolphin and Scali Utilize API NetWorks Technology to Introduce WulfKit for Alpha Linux, Enabling Supercomputer-like Performance at Low Price Points
Dolphin SCI interconnect and Scali cluster software bundled with API Alpha boards as WulfKit for Alpha Linux, bringing low-latency clusters to modest budgets.
Linux NetworX Utilizes API Technology to Provide High Performance Computer Clusters
Linux NetworX builds Alpha Linux clusters on API motherboards, giving research users supercomputing power at far lower cost than proprietary systems.
API Introduces UP1100 Ultimate Performance Series Motherboard
API introduces the UP1100 Ultimate Performance Series motherboard, a cost-effective Alpha 21264 ATX board aimed at bandwidth-intensive Linux applications.
API Launches Strategic Business Unit to Focus on Internet Infrastructure Market
Alpha Processor, Inc. launches API NetWorks, a business unit building high-bandwidth hardware and software for the fast-growing Internet infrastructure market.
API: Alpha Processor Expands Reseller Network
Alpha Processor, Inc. grows its worldwide reseller and systems-vendor network to meet rising demand for the UP1000 Alpha 21264 motherboard and Alpha systems.