Cray Research Inc has now confirmed that, as expected, it will use Digital Equipment Corp’s Alpha RISC in its forthcoming massively parallel processing system, which will come in above its Sparc-based machine.The 64-bit Alpha will be launched as ARA, standing for Advanced RISC Architecture.As reported, DEC rates the Advanced RISC Architecture at 150 MIPS – VAX MIPS presumably, and says it is clocked at 200MHz; the peak performance is estimated at 400 MIPS.
