问个傻问题：alpha是什么意思？
我在很多地方都看到这个单词，如：.rpm、.gz文件中就有这个词，还在其它的一些地方也能看到这个词 好像是内部测试版的意思吧 软件的alpha版本试内部测试版本的意思Beta是公开测试版本的意思 多谢 明白了 有一种体系结构叫Alpha
最先是DEC公司的，后来被compaq买了，再后来——大家都知道——HP 原文请见：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha
DEC Alpha
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The DEC Alpha, also known as the Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor originally developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), who used it in their own line of workstations and servers. Designed as a successor to the VAX line of computers, it supported the VMS operating system, as well as the DEC flavour of UNIX. Later open source operating systems also ran on the Alpha, notably certain BSD UNIX flavours. Microsoft supported the processor until Windows NT 4.0 SP6 and did not extend Alpha support to Windows 2000.
The Alpha 21064 was introduced in 1992 running at 200MHz (the Intel Pentium, in comparison, ran at 66MHz when it was launched the following spring). The 64-bit processor was a superpipelined and superscalar design. At the time, DEC touted it as the world's fastest processor. In July 1996 it was clocked at 500 MHz (the 21164PC), in March 1998 at 666 MHz and in May 2000 at 731MHz (the 21264). 1GHz and faster pieces were announced in 2001 (the 21364 or EV7), and are available since 2003 at 1.1GHz+. Around 500,000 Alpha based systems were sold to end-2000.
The production of Alpha chips was licensed to Samsung Electronics Company. Following the purchase of Digital by Compaq the majority of the Alpha products were placed with API NetWorks, Inc. (previously Alpha Processor Inc.), a private company funded by Samsung and Compaq. In October 2001 Microway became the exclusive sales and service provider of API NetWorks' Alpha-based product line.
Compaq announced that computers using Alpha would be phased out by 2004 in favour of Intel's Itanium. HP, new owner of Compaq, announced that support the Alpha series would continue even for a few more years, including the release of the EV7z chip, but this will be the final iteration of the chip. The IA-64 is supposed to be the replacement of this series.
Ironically, in mid-2003, as the Alpha were about to be phased out, the fastest computer in the U.S., and second fastest in the world, was a cluster of 4096 Alpha processors.
A persistent report attributed to DEC insiders suggests the choice of the AXP tag for the processor was made by DEC's legal department, who were still smarting from the VAX trademark fiasco. After a lengthy search the tag AXP was found to be entirely unencumbered.
再看看HP服务器的广告，看看这个服务器是多么强大，再看看它的操作系统，看看Linux是多么强大 :twisted:
AlphaServer GS80 system
Enterprise power that grows with your business
The AlphaServer GS80 system is ideal for e-business and other critical enterprise applications with requirements for high availability or rapid growth.
A powerful, scalable server with up to eight 1.224 GHz Alpha EV68 processors, it provides ultra high availability and innovative architecture for managing massive data in record time.
The system's modular structure allows you to purchase only currently needed infrastructure and CPUs, while still preparing for explosive growth. Single system management lets you add capacity without adding people. Unique partitions allow mixed operating systems on the same server for workload management and server consolidation.
Runs Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, and Linux Developer's Kit.
Features
* Up to eight 1.224 GHz Alpha processors
* Up to 64 GB of ECC memory
* Over 12GB/s aggregate internal bandwidth
* 16 MB ECC memory onboard cache per CPU
* Up to 56 PCI slots on 16 PCI buses
* Up to two system partitions and mixed CPU speeds
* Complete "lights out" system management
* Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS and Linux Advanced Developers Kit support
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