Digital and Alpha AXP: the open advantage; Migrating to the Alpha AXP architecture; The DECpc AXP/150: First Alpha AXP personal computer; The DEC 3000 Model 300/300L AXP: low-cost workstations; The DEC 3000 Model 400/400S AXP: desktop solution; The DEC 3000 Model 500/500S/500X AXP: high-performance deskside systems; The DEC 4000 AXP: distributed supercomputing for the office; The DEC 7000 AXP server: data center solution; The DEC 10000 AXP System: enterprise-wide server; High-performance I/0; Mass storage; open networks and communications.

Alpha AXP Architecture Reference Manual, Second Edition describes the required behavior of all Alpha implementations, as seen by the machine-language programmer. This book discusses Alpha single-board computers, which have been introduced to cover the high-end embedded controller market. Organized into five parts, this edition begins with an overview of the instruction-set architecture. This text then describes the supporting PALcode routines for three operating systems. Other parts consider a particular console implementation that is specific to platforms that support the OpenVMS AXP or DEC OSF/1 operating systems. This book discusses as well the specific operating system PALcode architecture. The final part provides a discussion of console issues for Windows NT with its PALcode description. This book is a valuable resource for machine-language programmers.

This is the authoritative reference on Digital Equipment Corporation's new 64-bit RISC Alpha architecture. Written by the designers of the internal Digital specifications, this book contains complete descriptions of the common architecture required for all implementations and the interfaces required to support the OSF/1 and OpenVMS operating systems.

This is the authoritative reference on Digital Equipment Corporation's new 64-bit RISC Alpha architecture. Written by the designers of the internal Digital specifications, this book contains complete descriptions of the common architecture required for all implementations and the interfaces required to support the OSF/1 and OpenVMS operating systems.