This technical reference manual provides detailed information for OEM system integrators designing and building systems using the DIGITAL Alpha VME 5/352 and 5/480 single-board computers (SBCs). It covers system architecture and component details including the 21164 Alpha microprocessor, 21172 core logic chipset, memory subsystems, and I/O interfaces (PCI, Nbus, and VME). The manual describes system address mapping, VME interface initialization and usage, system interrupt handling, and provides a comprehensive description of system registers used by various controllers, timers, and the SIO chip.
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