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- From: supnik@human.enet.dec.com (Bob Supnik)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: Are the Alpha-Machines big- or little-endian ?
- Summary: Architecture/systems little, chip bi
- Keywords: endian, architecture, chip
- Message-ID: <2375@sousa.tay.dec.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 21:10:06 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.170148.11988@wavehh.hanse.de>
- Sender: newsa@sousa.tay.dec.com
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Lines: 14
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- In article <1993Jan8.170148.11988@wavehh.hanse.de>, cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) writes...
- >Could anybody tell me, if the alpha machines are big-or-little-endian ?
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- The Alpha architecture, and the Alpha systems built by Digital, are
- little endian.
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- The Alpha chip (DECchip 21064) can be used to build either a big endian
- or little endian system. For example, the Cray Research Alpha-based
- MPP system is big endian.
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- Bob Supnik >Supnik@human.enet.dec.com
- >All opinions expressed are those of a hardline microcoder
- >and do not reflect those of Digital Equipment Corporation
-