DEC Alpha servers

E95199
computer server family

DEC Alpha servers were high-performance 64-bit RISC-based computer systems developed by Digital Equipment Corporation, widely used in the 1990s for demanding enterprise and internet applications.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
DEC Alpha 3
AlphaServer 2100 1
AlphaServer ES40 1
AlphaServer GS60 1
DEC Alpha (cancelled before final release) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer server family ⓘ
architecture DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DEC Alpha
basedOnProcessorFamily DEC Alpha 21064 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DEC Alpha 21164 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DEC Alpha 21264 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DEC Alpha 21364 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cpuType 64-bit RISC ⓘ
developer Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ
discontinuedBy Hewlett-Packard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hardwarePlatformFor VMS operating system ⓘ
surface form: OpenVMS clusters

large enterprise databases ⓘ
mission-critical applications ⓘ
intendedUse enterprise computing ⓘ
internet infrastructure ⓘ
technical computing ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1990s ⓘ
knownFor 64-bit computing leadership in the 1990s ⓘ
high floating-point performance ⓘ
manufacturer Compaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hewlett-Packard NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketedBy Compaq ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
notableModel DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AlphaServer 2100

AlphaServer 4100 NERFINISHED ⓘ
AlphaServer 8400 NERFINISHED ⓘ
AlphaServer DS10 ⓘ
AlphaServer DS20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
AlphaServer DS25 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AlphaServer ES40

AlphaServer GS140 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AlphaServer GS60
status discontinued ⓘ
successorArchitecture Intel Itanium-based servers ⓘ
supports 64-bit virtual memory ⓘ
SMP multiprocessing ⓘ
usedIn database servers ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
web hosting ⓘ
usedWithOperatingSystem Digital UNIX ⓘ
Linux on Alpha ⓘ
VMS operating system ⓘ
surface form: OpenVMS

Tru64 UNIX ⓘ
Windows NT ⓘ
surface form: Windows NT for Alpha
wordSize 64-bit ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DEC Alpha servers → architecture → DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DEC Alpha
Windows 2000 → architecture → DEC Alpha servers ⓘ
this entity surface form: DEC Alpha (cancelled before final release)
DEC Alpha servers → notableModel → DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AlphaServer 2100
DEC Alpha servers → notableModel → DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AlphaServer GS60
DEC Alpha servers → notableModel → DEC Alpha servers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AlphaServer ES40
this entity surface form: DEC Alpha
AltaVista → originalHardwarePlatform → DEC Alpha servers ⓘ
Windows NT → supportedCpuArchitecture → DEC Alpha servers ⓘ
this entity surface form: DEC Alpha