Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164SX Motherboard Product Brief

The Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164SX Motherboard is a platform designed for performance-oriented business applications. It leverages standard PC components, adheres to the ATX form factor, and is compatible with Windows NT.

Key features include:

• Processor Support: Digital Semiconductor 21164PC Alpha microprocessors at 400, 466, and 533 MHz, utilizing the 21174 core logic chip.
• Memory: Supports 32MB to 512MB of synchronous SDRAM via 168-pin unbuffered DIMMs, with two banks of 128-bit memory.
• Cache: Features a 1MB L2 cache using synchronous SRAMs.
• Expansion & Connectivity: Provides four PCI slots (two 32-bit, two 64-bit), two dedicated ISA slots, and integrated PCI IDE, PCI USB, diskette control, two UARTs, and a parallel port via the Cypress I/O chip and SMC controller.
• Operating System: Runs Windows NT 4.0 with its specialized Alpha BIOS firmware.
• Target Applications: Ideal for demanding tasks such as CAD, desktop publishing, multimedia presentations, and financial analysis.

The motherboard is built with standard ATX power supply support and comes with a three-year warranty.