DEC AlphaA {RISC} {microprocessor} from {DEC}. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available {workstations}. It is {superpipelined} and {superscalar}. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz. (1998-03-17)