Glossary of Code Names (revised 02-Jan-92) ------------------------------------------ ************************ * Digital Confidential * ************************ code alternate product comment name name (-10's, -20's) Unicorn cancelled small PDP-10 with Unibus I/O Minnow cancelled 2901-based PDP-10, follow on to KS10 Dolphin cancelled companion PDP-10 to Venus Jupiter cancelled last proposed PDP-10 (-11's) Pulsar A/D multiprocessor of LSI-11's Cerberus cancelled 11/74 multiprocessor Bluefish cancelled 2901-based PDP-11, follow on to 11/70 Orion 11/73 (VAX's - TTL) Star 11/780 Comet 11/750 Nebula 11/730 Superstar 11/785 faster clock version of 11/780 Gemini cancelled TI TAT020-based VAX, follow on to 11/750 Frigate cancelled TI TAT040-based VAX, backup to Rigel (VAX's - ECL) Venus 86XX Nautilus 8700 Skipjack 8550 single processor version of Nautilus Polarstar 88XX four processor version of Nautilus Aquarius 9000 Argonaut cancelled NEC array-based follow on to Nautilus BVAX cancelled Fujitsu 30k array-based backup to Aquarius Raven RVAX cancelled Fujitsu standard cell-based follow on to Nautilus Eagle cancelled MCA-4 based alternative to Raven Centaurus cancelled MCA 5-based follow on to Aquarius (VAX's - midrange CMOS) Scorpio 82XX also 83XX Aurora KA800 MicroVAX BI SBC Calypso 6000-2XX also name for 6XXX platform Hyperion 6000-3XX Rigel 6000-4XX also name for CPU chip set Mariah 6000-5XX also name for CPU chip set Mistral cancelled chilled CMOS Mariah Neptune 6000-6XX Laser tbd platform for new midrange VAX/Alpha systems Neon tbd Laser with NVAX CPU Cirrus VAXft 3000-3XX Cirrus 2 VAXft 3000-4XX Jetstream tbd NVAX-based VAXft (VAX's - low end CMOS) Mayflower uVAX II Mayfair I uVAX 3600 Mayfair II uVAX 3400 Mayfair III uVAX 3900 Spitfire 4000-200 Pele 4000-300 Omega C/P 4000-500/600 Teammate uVAX 2000 server version of VS 2000 Teammate II uVAX 3100-10/20 server version of VS 3100-30/40 Waverly A/B uVAX 3100-30/40 server version of VS 4000-PVAX2/60 Cheetah tbd server version of Cougar (VAXstations) VAXstar VS 2000 Lynx VS 8000 Lynxmate cancelled small package version of Lynx PVAX 0 VS 3100-30/40 PVAX 1 VS 3100-38/48 Firefox VS 38XX Badger cancelled mP SOC-based workstation Wolverine cancelled mP Rigel-based workstation Panther PRigel VS 3100-76 PVAX 2 VS 4000-VLC expandable version cancelled PMariah VS 4000-60 Cougar PNVAX tbd NVAX workstation (PRISM and other pre-Alpha RISC) SAFE cancelled proposed RISC processor (82-83) HR32 cancelled proposed RISC coprocessor (84-85) Titan A/D ECL RISC processor Cascade cancelled proposed 32b/64b RISC processor (84-85) Crystal cancelled NEC array-based PRISM CPU Emerald cancelled 6000 with uPRISM CPU Quartz cancelled ? Shrike cancelled uPRISM small workstation Osprey cancelled uPRISM large workstation (Mips workstations) PMAX DS 3100 3MAX DS 5000-200 3MAX+ DS 5000-240 3MIN DS 5000-1XX MAXINE LC DS 5000-20/25 (Mips servers) Mipsfair I DS 5400 Mipsfair II DS 5500 Isis DS 58XX CMAX cancelled R6000 based XMI server Mipsmate DS 5100 BIGMAX DS 5900 Tomcat cancelled four processor R4000 based server Polecat cancelled two processor R4000 based server LARC tbd Laser with R4000 CPU (Intel) Panda cancelled bounded x86 PC Eclipse ? 486 workstation Tiger tbd low profile x86 Pueblo tbd low profile x86 Starburst tbd minitower 486 Viceroy tbd tower 486 Calyx appDEC 433 four processor 486 mP Vanguard tbd successor to Calyx Talon A/D successor to Vanguard (Alpha) Triumph tbd LC/Alpha based PC's Jensen tbd EV-4 based PC Sandpiper tbd EV-4 based desktop workstation Sanderling tbd value engineering of Sandpiper Flamingo tbd EV-4 based deskside workstation Cobra tbd EV-4 based open office mP Ruby tbd Laser with EV-4 CPU Tradewind tbd EV-4 based FT Kestrel cancelled full custom ECL Alpha Yukon cancelled MCA-5 based platform Danube cancelled MCA-5/CMOS-5 based multichip Alpha Rubicon cancelled Yukon with EV-4 CPU code alternate product comment name name (chips) LSI-11 11/03 etc F-11 Fonz 11/23 etc T-11 Tiny KXT11 etc J-11, JFPA Jaws 11/73 etc V-11 Scorpio 82XX also used as system name uVAX, FPU uVAX II CVAX, CFPA 6000-2XX etc CVAX+ 6000-3XX etc CMOS-2 shrink of CVAX SOC 4000-200 etc CMOS-3 shrink of CVAX+CFPA Rigel 6000-4XX etc also used as system name REX CPU KIWI floating point LoadStore vector load/store Verse vector register file Favor vector data path Mariah 6000-5XX etc also used as system name Mistral cancelled chilled CMOS Mariah, also used as system name NVAX 6000-600 NVAX+ Neon EV-4 pin compatible version of NVAX uPRISM cancelled CMOS-2 PRISM CPU EV-3 na prototype Alpha EV-4 tbd first product Alpha LC/Alpha tbd low cost Alpha EV-5 tbd BIPS 0 A/D full custom ECL Mips BIPS 1 A/D full custom ECL Alpha Nitro A/D full custom GaAs Alpha uDMA ? uVAX DMA controller CDMA cancelled CVAX DMA controller SSC, RSSC, MSSC 6000-XXX system support chips for CVAX, Rigel, Mariah DYRC ? CVAX DRAM controller CMCTL uVAX 3XXX CVAX memory controller Ghidra 4000-300 Rigel memory/IO interface NMC, NCA 4000-500 NVAX memory, IO interface NEXMI 6000-600 NVAX XMI interface DLART many DL11 compatible UART PUSART cancelled programmable sync/async controller Octart Octal-art ? eight channel UART LANCE many DEC designed, AMD built SGEC 3600 etc (second generation) Ethernet controller TGEC tbd (third generation) Ethernet controller INEC tbd SGEC+integral SIA Tulip tbd low cost Ethernet chip Tandu tbd encrypting Ethernet controller RMC ? FDDI ring memory controller IFDC tbd FDDI controller GLE, GLD tbd Gigabit link encoder/decoder Dragon GPX graphics controller, originally intended for VT200 Adder control Viper data path ScanProc SPX rendering engine ScanProc+ SPXgt rendering engine CIViC tbd CI chip set CIP processor chip CIDL data link chip CQBIC 3600 etc CVAX Qbus adapter BIIC 82XX etc BI interface XLATCH, XCLOCK 6000 XMI interface SERDES HSC etc serializer/deserializer RSGEN HSC etc Reed-Solomon ECC generator Phoenix ? small disk controller Apache ? Phoenix successor SHAC 4000 etc Single Host Adapter Chip (DSSI) SII 3400 etc DSSI/SCSI Interface chip (DSSI/SCSI) SWIFT 3000 FT DSSI Interface chip (DSSI) Adda cancelled A-to-D/D-to-A chip ASP/DASP ? drive signal processing chips AC/DC tbd two-chip disk drive set Nirvana cancelled VAIL chip set Lollipop 670-bit ECC Mocha disk controller Locha Mocha+Lollipop Barc memory controller Ship CI controller Trains CI controller PCI CI interface Maricopa intelligent bus breaker XPC ? XMI to CP Bus Interface Chip FCP ? Futurebus to CP bus interface chip MPC ? Multiprotocol chip code alternate product comment name name (software) GEM many modular compiler system Mica cancelled PRISM operating system OZiX cancelled UNIX-compatible commercial operating system Hickory cancelled VMS release stream Thunderbolt cancelled VMS release stream Aetna VMS 5.4 Phoenix cancelled VMS 6.0 Iowa cancelled incorporated in VMS 5.4-3 Sigma VMS 5.4-3 Magic VMS 5.5 Amber VMS 5.5-1 Blade VMS 5.6 (networks) NI DECwire Ethernet LNI DELNI Cyclone DECOM broadband Ethernet Cyclone Headend DEFTR CATV headend/translator for DECOM Hurricane cancelled CATV-Ethernet in 6Mhz channel Vampire-tap Tank H4000 Ethernet MAU Medusa CXM08 Qbus controller for 3270 Mercury cancelled CI data communication controller Pluto cancelled XI data communication controller Poseiden DECserver 100 Brooklyn Bridge DECbridge 100 Voyager DEFEB FDDI/Ethernet bridge Centurion DEFCN FDDI concentrator Python tbd FB+ FDDI adapter Stealth cancelled SCSI FDDI adapter Whitewater tbd LAT/Telnet terminal server Munchkin tbd LAT/Telnet terminal server for hub POTS DECserver 90 LAT terminal server Hastings NIS-600 router Newport tbd FDDI adapter for NIS-600 Boston tbd multi-LAN smart hub Shark tbd R3000 based router card for Boston Dolphin NIS-400 standalone R3000 based router Sonoma tbd FDDI switch DESNC ? Ethernet encryptor Magic cancelled encryptor gate array for Pocket DESNC (CI) Hydra evolved program name for high availability VAX's, became VAXclusters CI ICCS many "Inter-Computer Communications System" IPA CI780 "ICCS Port Adapter" for 11/780 Pleides cancelled CI switch (storage) NDS A/D prototype to HSC UDA A/D prototype to UDA50 Aztec RC25 Toothpick RA92 VAIL (cancelled) program name for new disk family, follow on to HSC/RA Monarch (cancelled) VAIL software Arapahoe (cancelled) VAIL cabinet Cedar (cancelled) 9" VAIL disk, follow on to RA9X Aspen (cancelled) 5.25" VAIL disk Racer RA72 Patriot RZ/RF35 TPF tbd 2.5" high perf disk Typhoon tbd RAID array of TPF's Popcorn tbd 2.5" low cost disk Shrimp A/D 1.5" disk New Dawn tbd MO disk drive Silverbolt ESE20 Cloudraker cancelled XI/DSA2 SSD Intrepid cancelled Vail SSD Obelisk ESE50 SDI SSD Dakota tbd DSSI/SCSI SSD Maya TK50 Schooner TF85 Quabbin Tx8x loader Wachusett cancelled XI/DSA2 TB90/2 Mohawk cancelled Vail TB92 Tomahawk cancelled Vail TB85 Unicorn UDA50 QDA KDA50 KSDI HSC disk data channel KSTI HSC tape data channel KSI HSC combined data channel Wildcat KDM70 Polecat XMI-to-IBM channel interface DASH KFMSA RIPTIDE tbd Futurebus+ to SCSI FWD Host bus Adapter JETSTREAM tbd Turbochannel to SCSI FWD Host bus Adapter FIB modular subsystems hardware DASHCAB SF200 cabinet