Alpha 21264 & Intel Pentium

[Guest]

I'm needing some help to find information for an Honours coursework piece I've to do on comparing the Alpha 21264 and Pentium processors. I've been through the respective web sites but I'm wondering if anyone knew of any other sources of information?
Thanks

 

[AmdMELTDOWN]

If I'm not mistaken, the Alpha 21264 was a better processor than the pentium line at that time.

also, Intel did manufacture Alpha chips for Digital and I think they still do.

look up "Intel DEC settlement" on the search engines.

 

[FUGGER]

The alpha is made by samsung now, at least the one that is supplies in compaq's "the worlds fastest CPU" - spec2000

http://www.intl.samsungsemi.com/System_LSI/Alpha_CPU/alpha_cpu.htm

Check out this HSF setup!

http://www.intl.samsungsemi.com/System_LSI/Alpha_CPU/UP2000/up2000.html

These 64bit monsters own the spec2000 scores beating up systems with 4+ processors easily

Kinda funny how no one is standing on Alpha side of the fence throwing rocks at AMD/Intel. even tho Alpha processors kick some severe ass.

 

[Guest]

Im pretty sure that Compaq bought out DEC a few years back and that Compaqs website has some information on old dec alpha stations. I dont know if they have the type of info you need or not, but it might be worth checking out.

 

[FUGGER]

Forgot to add this link,

http://www.spec.org/osg/cpu2000/results/cpu2000.html

I didn't notice fujitsu and the celcius 460, a Pentium 4 machine. It scored very high, higher than some of the Alpha's. Imagine that!

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/celsius/celsius460.html<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by FUGGER on 02/07/01 02:24 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[slvr_phoenix]

It is funny that we're not all on Alpha's side.

But then I've got a DEC Alpha (not sure on chip number) 700MHz system on my desk here at work.

The company forced me to use it for several months because we wanted to write software that was Alpha compatible.

And all I can say is this system is the biggest piece of junk I've had the displeasure of using. It has to EMULATE x86 instructions. And even then it crashes programs over and over and over again. I couldn't even run VB6.0 even AFTER installing the MS Visual Studio Alpha patches/SPs.

So I haven't been impressed by Alpha chip systems. Unless the new ones have x86 compatability, I'll never find a use for them personally.

Maybe they're fast. Maybe some people have a use for them. Not me though.

- Sanity is purely based on point-of-view.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by slvr_phoenix on 02/07/01 02:55 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[AmdMELTDOWN]

yeah, check this one out Fugger it sorta like a mutt, it has everybody on the board(all aboard!) ie:Ali,Intel,Alpha,Amd.

<A HREF="http://www.intl.samsungsemi.com/System_LSI/Alpha_CPU/UP1100/UP1100.html" target="_new">http://www.intl.samsungsemi.com/System_LSI/Alpha_CPU/UP1100/UP1100.html</A>

FTC done did it again!