The 64-bit 21164A Alpha RISC DEC is using in its shiny new workstations expected on March 11 (CI No 2,866), is a shrink of its 21164 CMOS5 process, although it gains only part of the advantage of the 0.35micron, CMOS6 process. 21164A is a CMOS5 design implemented in CMOS6, hence the EV56 notation. It’s certainly not, however, one of the low-power, ARM-architecture StrongARM RISCs. The only similarity is that they are both fabricated using DEC’s new Fab 6 production facility in Hudson, Massachusetts. We got our arms – legs, eyes, ears and fingers – all crossed. The StrongARM SA-110 announced back in February uses a ‘true’ 0.35micron design..
