Digital Equipment Corp’s second generation Alpha processor, the EV5, will have a higher performance on-chip cache than existing Alphas and a four-way superscalar design, according to InfoWorld. It will initially run at less than 275MHz, but DEC is expected to introduce a 330MHz version later, and plans a 600MHz implementation. However, the EV5 isn’t expected to include new instructions for Windows emulation, which would enhance its appeal to the desktop market. It will apparently be shown at Comdex in November, and is said to have a SPECint92 rating of 250 and a SPECfp mark of between 300 and 400.
