Parallel 'C' development system for Unix X-Windows
Introduction
AlphaX is a `C' software development system with full X-Windows X11.6 support
designed to "supercharge" the performance of a Unix Workstation by
the addition of processing sub-systems based upon the powerful DEC Alpha risk
processor.
The AlphaX development system allows Unix developers to readily take advantage
of alpha performance. AlphaX provides a high degree of compatibility with the
Unix development environment. This allows current X-Window applications to be
ported to an alpha system with the minimum of changes.
AlphaX unites the DEC Alpha to the Unix host system in three ways:
A Unix SVID Interface library.
An X-Windows X11.6 Interface library.
A Unix based resource server for the Alpha.
A Unix compatible development tool-set.
Alpha applications have access to the resources of the host Workstation via the
resource server and may utilise the full capabilities of the hosts X-Windows
graphics resource. Likewise Unix processes may communicate with alpha
processes to take advantage to the dramatic computational capability of such
systems.
Features
High performance sub-systems for Unix
Industry Standard X11.6 graphics for alpha applications
SVID interface to Unix.
Unix compatible development environment.
Multiple sub-system system support.
Benefits
Huge increase in performance.
Multi-user access to Networked alpha resource.
Scalable increase in Workstation performance by the addition of more alpha
processors.
Binary portability of produced applications between Unix hosts..
Transputer compatible.
Applications
Super performance Workstations.
Image Processing.
Mathematical Modelling.
CAD.
Simulation.
Data acquisition& processing for Unix systems.
General Number Crunching.