Digital Semiconductor 21172

The Digital Semiconductor 21172 core logic chipset provides the quickest, most cost-effective Alpha solution for system providers in the high-performance PC market. The chipset gives the system designer flexibility in building the memory and I/O subsystem, and requires minimal discrete logic on the module. The chipset includes an interface to a 64-bit or 32-bit PCI local bus and control and data paths for the Digital Semiconductor 21164 Alpha microprocessor, memory, and optional external L3 backup cache.