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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
DEC Alpha
A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November
1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip
used in commonly available workstations. It is
superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was
clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
(1998-03-17)