<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors: What is Digital Semiconductor</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Alpha-HOWTO.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. What is Digital Semiconductor</A></H2> <P> <A HREF="http://www.digital.com/info/semiconductor/">Digital Semiconductor</A> (DS) is the business unit within Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital - we don't like the name DEC) that sells semiconductors on the merchant market. Digital's products include CPUs, support chipsets, PCI-PCI bridges and PCI peripheral chips for comms and multimedia. <P> <HR> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Alpha-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>