Alpha systems

This page collects important information about DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha AXP hardware. It can be used as a reference when considering the migration from a real to a virtual Alpha system based on AlphaVM.

DEC Alpha AXP architecture was introduced in 1992 as the successor of the VAX architecture. It is based on a 64-bit RISC CPU designed. The design goal was to last for at least 25 years and keep increasing the performance during these years.

Most of the Alpha systems can be replaced by our Alpha AXP virtualization solution AlphaVM-Pro.

Information about Alpha AXP CPUs can be found here.

Alpha system families

There are many families of Alpha system. The system family is identified by the system type. The system families are listed in the following table. It also specifies the core logic chipset used to build the system. Usually a specific chipset design is used in the implementation of one or more families.

Sys Type	Family	Systems	EV	Chipset	IO Bus
1	ADU
2	Cobra	DEC 4000	EV4	CBUS	Futurebus
3	Ruby (Laser)	DEC 7000, DEC 10000	EV4, EV45		Futurebus, XMI
4	Flamingo	DEC 3000	EV4, EV45		TC, EISA
5	Mannequin	Simulator
6	Jensen	DEC 2000	EV4, EV45		EISA
7	Pelican	DEC 3000	EV4, EV45		TC, EISA
8	Morgan	cancelled
9	Sable	AlphaServer 2000, AlphaServer 2100	EV4, EV45, EV5, EV56	CBUS2	PCI, EISA
10	Medulla	AXPvme	EV4x		VME
11	Noname	DECAXPpci	EV4x	APECS	PCI
12	Turbolaser	AlphaServer 8200, 8400, GS60, GS140	EV5, EV56, EV6, EV67		PCI
13	Avanti	AlphaStation 200, 205, 255, 400, AlphaServer 300	EV4, EV45	APECS	PCI, ISA
14	unused
15	Alcor	AlphaStation 500, 600	EV5, EV56	CIA	PCI, EISA
16	Tradewind	cancelled
17	Mikasa	AlphaServer 1000	EV45, EV5, EV56	APECS for EV4x, CIA for EV5x	PCI, EISA
18	EB64	DECchip 21064 Evaluation Board	21064		PCI, ISA
19	EB66	DECchip 21066 Evaluation Board	21066, 21066A		PCI, ISA
20	EB64+	DECchip 21064 PCI Evaluation Board AlphaPC64 AlphaPCI64	21064, 21064A, EV45		PCI, ISA
21	Burns	LEAN	Alpha notebook
22	Rawhide	AlphaServer 4000, AlphaServer 4100, AlphaServer 1200	EV5, EV56	Rawhide/MCPCIA	PCI
23	K2	PCI/ISA SBC	EV45		PCI, ISA
24	Lynx	AlphaServer 2000A, AlphaServer 2100A	EV45, EV5, EV56	CBUS2	PCI, EISA
25	XL	Alpha XL	EV45
26	EB164	EB164, AlphaPC164	EV5, EV56, PCA56	CIA	PCI, ISA
27	Noritake	AlphaServer 1000A, AlphaServer 800, AlphaStation 600A	EV45, EV5, EV56	APECS for EV4x, CIA for EV5x	PCI, EISA
28	Cortex	AlphaVME	EV45		VME
29	unused
30	Miata	DEC Personal Workstation	EV56, PCA56		PCI, ISA
31	XXM	XXM	EV5
32	Takara	Takara, DMCC	EV56	CIA	PCI, ISA
33	Yukon	AlphaVME	EV56		VME
34	Tsunami /Typhoon (Regatta)	AlphaServer DS10, DS20, ES40, DS10L, DS20L, DS20E AlphaStation XP900, XP1000, ES40, DS10, DS20E	EV6x	Tsunami	PCI, ISA
35	Wildfire	GS40, GS80, GS160, GS320	EV67	Wildfire	PCI, ISA
36	Cusco		EV56		PCI
37	Eiger	SMARTengine	EV6	Tsunami	PCI, ISA
38	Titan	AlphaServer ES45, DS25, DS15, TS202c, TS212c AlphaStation DS15	EV68x	Titan	PCI, ISA
39	Marvel	AlphaServer ES47, ES80, GS1280	EV7	Marvel	PCI
40	Phoenix		EV67	Tsunami	PCI, ISA

There is also a Sierra (AlphaServer SC) supercomputer family where the system consists of nodes that are DS20L, ES40 or ES45 systems connected with a fast interconnect.

Alpha systems

Alpha systems are presented in the following table. The system hardware is identified by the system type and the member id. Operating systems use this combination to determine which driver to load to control the system hardware. Additionally, the CPU type is used. From the marketing perspective the systems are identified by System Marketing Model (SMM), which is also given in the table.

Sys Type	Member ID	Codename	System	SMM	EV	CPUs	MHz
1		ADU		1041
2		Cobra
2	0,1	Cobra	DEC 4000 model 610	1037	EV4	1	160
2	0,1	Cobra	DEC 4000 model 620	1038	EV4	2	160
2	2	Fang	DEC 4000 model 710	1057	EV4	1	190
2	2	Fang	DEC 4000 model 720	1058	EV4	2	190
3		Laser
3	0,2	Laser/Ruby	DEC 7000 model 610-660	1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1046, 1047	EV4	1-6
3	3,5	Laser/Argon	DEC 7000 model 710 - 760	1074-1079	EV45	1-6
3	1	Blazer	DEC 10000 model 610 - 660	1029,1030,1031, 1032, 1048, 1049	EV4	1-6
4		Flamingo
4	1	Sandpiper Workstation	DEC 3000 model 400	1035	EV4	1	133
4	1	Sandpiper Server	DEC 3000 model 400S	1036	EV4	1	133
4	6	Sandpiper+	DEC 3000 model 600	1064	EV4	1	175
4	7	Sandpiper45	DEC 3000 model 700	1070	EV45	1	225
4	2	Flamingo Workstation	DEC 3000 model 500	1033	EV4	1	150
4	2	Flamingo Server	DEC 3000 model 500S	1034	EV4	1	150
4	3	Flamingo HotPink	DEC 3000 model 500X	1056	EV4	1	200
4	4	Flamingo Ultra	DEC 3000 model 800	1063	EV4	1	200
4	8	Flamingo45	DEC 3000 model 900	1071	EV45	1	275
5		Mannequin	Simulator
6		Jensen
6	0	Jensen	DEC 2000 model 300	1044	EV4	1
6	0	Jensen	DEC 2000 model 300L	1045	EV4	1
6	1	Culzean	DEC 2000 model 500	1065	EV4	1
7		Pelican
7	0	Pelican	DEC 3000 model 300	1042	EV4	1	150
7	1	Pelica	DEC 3000 model 300L	1043	EV4	1	100
7	2	Pelican+	DEC 3000 model 300X	1068	EV4	1	175
7	3	Pelica+	DEC 3000 model 300LX	1069	EV4	1	125
7	4	Pelican45	DEC 3000 model ???	1072	EV45	1	???
7	5	Pelica45	DEC 3000 model ???	1073	EV45	1	???
8		Morgan	CANCELLED
		Sable
9	1	Demi-Sable Gamma	AlphaServer 2000
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 4/200	1123-1126	EV4	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 4/233	1171-1174	EV45	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 4/275	1127-1130	EV45	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 5/250	1131-1134	EV5	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 5/300	1175-1178	EV5	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 5/375	1505-1508	EV56	1-4
9	1		AlphaServer 2000 5/400	1517-1520	EV56	1-4
9		Sable Gamma	AlphaServer 2100		EV4, EV45, EV5, EV56	4
9	2	Sable Gamma Pedestal	AlphaServer 2100		EV4, EV45, EV5, EV56	4
9	3	Sable Gamma Rack Mount	AlphaServer 2100-RM		EV4, EV45, EV5, EV56	4
10	0-7		AXPvme		EV4x	1
11	0-3	DECAXPpci	DECAXPpci		EV4x	1
		Turbolaser
12	0,2,4,6,8		AlphaServer 8200		EV5, EV56	6
12	1,3,5,7,9		AlphaServer 8400		EV5, EV56	12/14
12	10,13		AlphaServer GS60		EV6	6
12	11,14		AlphaServer GS140		EV6	14
12	12,15		AlphaServer GS60E		EV6	6
		Avanti
13	1,5,6,7,13	Avanti	AlphaStation 400		EV4, EV45	1
13	2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12	Mustang	AlphaStation 200		EV4, EV45	1
13	32-38	LX3	AlphaStation 205,		EV45	1
13	39-45	LX3+	AlphaStation 255		EV45	1
13	??	Melmac	AlphaStation 300 4/266	1593	EV45	1
14		unused
		Alcor
15	1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11	Alcor	AlphaStation 600		EV5	1
15	3,4,5	Maverick	AlphaStation 500		EV5	1
15	12-17	Bret	AlphaStation 500		EV5	1
16		Tradewind
		Mikasa
17	1,2,3	Mikasa, Mikasa+, Premier	AlphaServer 1000	1090, 1091, 1264	EV4s, EV45	1
17	4,5	Pinnacle, Primo, Primo minus, Primo 500, Primo FAT 500	AlphaServer 1000	1269, 1312, 1559, 1582, 1583	EV5, EV56	1
18		EB64	DECchip 21064 Evaluation Board	1111		1
19		EB66	DECchip 21066 Evaluation Board	1112, 1249		1
		EB64+
20		EB64+	DECchip 21064 PCI Evaluation Board	1113, 1114	EV4x	1
20		AlphaPC64	AlphaPC64	1248	EV45	1
20		AlphaPCI64	AlphaPCI64	1553	EV45	1
21		Burns	LEAN	1147		1
22		Rawhide
22		Dodge	AlphaServer 4100		EV5, EV56	4
22	1	Dodge Pedestal	AlphaServer 4100 5/xxx		EV5, EV56	4
22	2	Dodge Rack Mount	AlphaServer 4100 5/xxx		EV5, EV56	4
22		Wrangler	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22	3	Wrangler Pedestal	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22	4	Wrangler Rack Mount	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22		Durango	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22	5	Durango Pedestal	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22	6	Durango Rack Mount	AlphaServer 4000		EV5, EV56	2
22	7	Tincup Pedestal	AlphaServer 1200		EV56	2
22	8	Tincup Rack Mount	AlphaServer 1200		EV56	2
22	9	DaVinci Pedestal	AlphaStation 1200		EV56	2
22	10	DaVinci Rack Mount	AlphaStation 1200		EV56	2
23	1	K2	PCI/ISA SBC		EV45	1
24		Lynx
24	1	Demi-Lynx	AlphaServer 2000A		EV45, EV5, EV56	4
24	2	Lynx Pedestal	AlphaServer 2100A		EV45, EV5, EV56	4
24	3	Lynx Rack Mount	AlphaServer 2100A-RM		EV45, EV5, EV56	4
25	1,2	Alpha XL	Alpha XL		EV45	1
26		EB164
26	1,2	EB164	EB164 266 EB164 300	1245, 1246	EV5	1
26	3-7	AlphaPC 164	AlphaPC 164		EV56	1
26	8-11	AlphaPC 164LX	AlphaPC 164LX		EV56	1
26	12-15	AlphaPC 164SX	AlphaPC 164SX		PCA56	1
27		Noritake
27	??	Mikasa+	AlphaServer 1000A	1091	EV45	1
27	1	NoriTake	AlphaServer 1000A	1265	EV45	1
27	2	PinTake, Pinnacle	AlphaServer 1000A	1270	EV5	1
27	3	PrimoTake	AlphaServer 1000A		EV56	1
27	4	Corelle	AlphaServer 800		EV56	1
27	??	Alcor Primo	AlphaStation 600A	1590	EV56	1
28		Cortex
28	0, 1	Cortex	AlphaVME	1271, 1272	EV45	1
28	2, 3	Cortex2	AlphaVME	1273, 1274	EV45	1
29			DEC Personal Workstation			1
30		Miata
30		Miata-1	DEC Personal Workstation		EV56	1
30		Miata-2	DEC Personal Workstation		EV56	1
30		Miata-PCA56	DEC Personal Workstation		PCA56	1
30		Miata-PCA56	DEC Personal Workstation		EV56	1
31		XMM	XXM		EV5	1
32		Takara	Takara, DMCC	1579	EV56	1
33		Yukon	AlphaVME		EV56	1
34		Tsunami
34	1	PC264			EV6x	1
34	2	Warhol			EV6x
34	3	Windjammer			EV6x	1
34	4	Monet	Personal Workstation XP1000	1821	EV6	1
34	5	Clipper	AlphaServer ES40
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 8MMB)	1813-1816	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 8MMB)	1817-1820	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 8MMB)	1861-1864	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 8MMB)	1865-1868	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 4MMB)	1869-1872	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 4MMB)	1873-1876	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 4MMB)	1923-1926	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 4MMB)	1927-1930	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 4MMB)	1945-1948	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 4MMB)	1949-1952	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 8MMB)	1953-1956	EV6	1-4	500
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 8MMB)	1957-1960	EV67	1-4	667
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (10PCI, 8MMB)	1984-1987	EV68	1-4	833
34	5		AlphaServer ES40 (6PCI, 8MMB)	1988-1991	EV68	1-4	833
34	6	Goldrush	AlphaServer DS20
34	6		AlphaServer DS20 500MHz	1838	EV6	1	500
34	6		AlphaServer DS20 500MHz	1920	EV6	2	500
34	7	Webbrick
34	7		AlphaServer DS10 466Mhz	1839	EV6	1	466
34	7		AlphaStation XP900 466MHz	1879	EV6	1	466
34	7		AlphaStation DS10	1963	EV67	1	616
34	7		AlphaServer DS10	1970	EV67	1	616
34	7	Slate	AlphaServer DS10L
34	7		AlphaServer DS10L	1961	EV6	1	466
34	7		AlphaServer DS10L	1962	EV67	1	616
34	8	Goldrack	AlphaServer DS20E		EV6x	1-2
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 500MHz	1840	EV6	1	500
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 500MHz	1921	EV6	2	500
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 667MHz	1939	EV67	1	667
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 667MHz	1940	EV67	2	667
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 500MHz	1941	EV6	1	500
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 500MHz	1942	EV6	2	500
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 667MHz	1943	EV67	1	667
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E 667MHz	1944	EV67	2	667
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E	1964	EV68	1	833
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E	1965	EV68	2	833
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E	1982	EV68	1	833
34	8		AlphaServer DS20E	1983	EV68	2	833
34	9	Brisbane	AlphaStation XP1000	1822	EV67	1	667
34	10	Melbourne	Personal Workstation XP1000	1922	EV67	1	750
34	11	Flying Clipper	AlphaServer ???
34	11		AlphaServer ???	1931 - 1934	EV6	1-4	500
34	11		AlphaServer ???	1935 - 1938	EV67	1-4	667
34	12	Shark	AlphaServer DS20L (CS20)	2006	EV68A	2	833
35		Wildfire
35	?		AlphaServer GS40	1966	EV67	1-4	728
35	?		AlphaServer GS80	1967	EV67	1-8	728
35	?		AlphaServer GS160	1968	EV67	1-16	728
35	?		AlphaServer GS320	1969	EV67	1-32	728
36		Cusco			EV56
36	1		???	???	EV56	1	400
36	2		???	???	EV56	1	466
36	3		???	???	EV56	1	533
37	1	Eiger	Smart Engine	1837	EV6
38		Titan
38	1	Privateer	AlphaServer ES45	1971-1974	EV68CB	1-4	1000
38	1	Privateer	AlphaServer ES45	1975-1978	EV68CB	1-4	1000
38	1	Privateer	AlphaStation ES45	1998-2001	EV68CB	1-4	1000
38	1	Privateer	AlphaServer ES45	2002-2005	EV68CB	1-4	1000
38	2	Falcon-E	AlphaServer TS202c	1979	EV68A	2	933
38	3	Falcon-S	AlphaServer TS212c	1980, 1981	EV68A	1-2	933
38	4	Granite	AlphaServer DS25	1992	EV68CB	1	1000
38	4	Granite	AlphaStation DS25	1993	EV68CB	1	1000
38	4	Granite	AlphaServer DS25	1994	EV68CB	2	1000
38	4	Granite	AlphaStation DS25	1995	EV68CB	2	1000
38	?	HyperBrick	AlphaServer DS15	????	EV68CB	1	1000
38	?	HyperBrick	AlphaStation DS15	????	EV68CB	1	1000
39		Marvel
39	?		AlphaServer ES47, AlphaStation ES47	????	EV7	1-4	1005, 1150
39	?		AlphaServer ES80	????	EV7	4-8	1005, 1150
39	?		AlphaServer GS1280	????	EV7z	8-64	1155, 1300
40	1	Phoenix	Phoenix Lite		EV67	1-4