Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164 Motherboard Product Brief

The Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164 Motherboard is presented as the highest-performance motherboard for the PC market, offering a cost-effective alternative to x86 or RISC platforms. It utilizes Digital's 21164 Alpha microprocessor, supporting speeds from 366 MHz to 500 MHz, and is designed to run on Windows NT (versions 3.51 and 4.0).

By incorporating standard PC components, the AlphaPC 164 aims to deliver superior performance at a system cost comparable to other PCs. It is ideal for performance-focused applications such as mechanical CAD, graphics and animation, desktop publishing, financial analysis, and virtual reality.

Key hardware features include the 21172 core logic chipset, support for 16MB to 512MB of DRAM, a 1MB L3 cache, multiple 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots, an ISA expansion bus with standard I/O functions (diskette, UARTs, parallel, mouse, keyboard), and integrated PCI IDE.