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Alpha PC 164UX Motherboard (MB164UX)

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Alpha PC 164UX Characteristics Alpha PC 164UX
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wpe7.jpg (15169 bytes) AlphaPC 164UX Motherboard provides the industry’s highest motherboard performance and standard for OEMs and system integrators building Alpha-ready systems.

AlphaPC 164UX Motherboard supports the Alpha 21164 microprocessor at speeds of 600MHz and beyond and uses Digital’s 21174(Pyxis) core logic chip set that can support 128-bit memory access at speeds up to 66MHz and includes on-board Ultra- Wide SCSI and 10/100 Mbs Ethernet.

The AlphaPC 164UX is perfectly organized for Windows NT server and workstation applications such as computer based video systems, computer aided design, financial analysis, Internet servers and high-end graphics such as 3-D rendering and animation.

Features

1. Hardware Features

  • Supports Alpha 21164 microprocessors of 466MHz up to 667 MHz(33.33MHz increments)
  • 21174 core logic chip interface to the CPU,system memory, L3 cache and PCI bus
  • Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory
  • subsystem includes:
    - 32MB to 768MB memory (up to 3GB with 512MB DIMM)
    - Three banks of 128-bit memory
    - Six 168-pin unbuffered SDRAM DIMM sockets
  • PCI bus support (33MHz) :
    - One 64-bit slot and Five 32-bit slots
    - PCI-to-ISA bridge using an Intel 82371SB
  • System I/O chip
  • On-board Ultra-Wide SCSI:Symbios Logic 53C875 with Narrow,
  • Wide and Ultra Wide support
  • On-board 10/100 Mbs Ethernet:
  • Digital 21143 Controller with 10/100Mbs
  • UTP with RJ45 connector
  • L3 cache subsystem supports:
    - 128-bit data path
    - Synchronous SRAMs(SSRAMs)
    - 2MB cache size, using 128K X 18 SSRAMs
  • 4MB with 256K X 18

2. Software Features

  • Windows NT Alpha BIOS firmware, which supports installation of Windows NT operating system
    (Version 4.0 or later)

3. Supporting OS

  • - Windows NT (Version 4.0 or later)
  • - Linux

4. Applications

The AlphaPC 164LX enables OEMs to create AlphaPC systems for the high performance PC market. This ATX motherboard fits into standard ATX enclosures and utilizes standard ATX power supplies.

Documentation
  • AlphaPC 164UX Motherboard
  • Windows NT User’s Manual
Alpha PC 164UX Characteristic
Characteristics Specification
Characteristic Specification
Power supply Standard ATX PC power supply
Operating temperature range 10 °C to 40 °C (50 °F to 104 °F )
Storage temperature range -55 °C to 125 °C (-67 °F to 257 °F )
Dimensions 30.48cm x 24.38cm (12.0in x 9.6in)

Alpha PC 164UX Functional Block Diagram

pc164ux.jpg (104523 bytes)

For More Information

To learn more about the availability of the AlphaPC 164UX, contact
Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd
San#24, Nongseo-Ri, Kiheung-Eup,
Yongin-City, Kyungki-Do, Korea 449-900
Tel: 82-331-209-3285
Fax:82-331-209-4492
alphainfo@sec.samsung.com
alphatech@sec.samsung.com

http://www.samsungsemi.com
http://www.alphapowered.com

While Samsung believes the information in this publication is correct as of the date of publication,
it is subject to change without notice.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd 1998
All rights reserved.
Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Digital is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 


Product Guide

21164 Alpha Microprocessor
(KP21164)
Alpha PC 164LX Motherboard
(MB164LX)
Alpha PC 164UX Motherboard
(MB164UX)
Alpha PC 164BX Motherboard
(MB164BX)

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