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DEC - Digital Equipment
DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation Memorabilia
Company: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Based:
Maynard, MA.
Founded: 1957
Founder: Ken Olsen & Harlan Anderson
Specialty:
Leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s including PDP minicomputers, VAX minicomputers, Alpha microprocessors, servers & workstations, & StrongARM microprocessors.
DEC Alpha chip
Digital's first Alpha Chip, the 21064 (1992)

 DEC Alpha DecChip 21064 Microprocessor Chip Paperweight (1992)
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DEC Alpha chip
Item #717
This Lucite paperweight from Digital features their very first Alpha chip, the DECchip 21064, introduced in 1992.

The DECchip 21064, codenamed "EV4", was a 64-bit superscalar RISC microprocessor. It used 32 bit instructions with a built-in integer, floating point, and load/store unit, an
8 KB data cache and 8 KB instruction cache.

The DEC 21064 chip measured 1.39 x 1.68 cm. It was manufactured by DEC using CMOS technology with 0.75 micron photo lithography, had three metal layers, and contained 1.68 million transistors.

At it's introduction in 1992, the DEC Alpha 21064 was the fastest microprocessor available, running at an impressive 150 MHz.

Intel would manufacture Alpha microprocessors and chipsets at it's Hudson, Mass.  Fab 17 manufacturing plant under agreement with DEC during the 1990's.



Digital DECchip 21064-AA - First Alpha Microprocessor Advertising Sample (1992)
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dec alpha CPU
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Salesman's advertising card from Digital that has an actual DEC 21064-AA 150MHz Alpha microprocessor chip laminated on the front.

The 64-bit DEC Alpha RISC microprocessor held the title as the worlds fastest CPU throughout most of the 1990's.

DEC PDP-11 minicomputer processor board
DEC PDP-11 Miniocomputer Processor board (1976)
DEC Alpha Microprocessor
A DEC Alpha Microprocessor







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