Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Encore Computer Corp claims to have the world’s fastest single board computer system, using the 275MHz Alpha AXP RISC processor, and claims $4m of orders for it. The new Alpha systems are available in both deskside and rack-mounted configurations, are aimed at applications ranging from advanced weapons programmes to flight simulation. The Alpha AXP VME offers 2Mb cache and an 80960 co-processor to provide input-output and interrupt capabilities independent of CPU operation. Real-time clocks, directly connected interrupts, VME input-output device capability, Ethernet, four asynchronous ports and an SCSI-2 bus interface are included. The machines run Digital Equipment Corp’s Digital Unix; no prices were given.
