What is known today as "x86" began its journey 40 years ago: The Intel 80386 was 32-bit, was built for over 20 years, and powered not only PCs. 40 years ago, Intel introduced its first true 32-bit ...
The fact that modern-day x86 processors still pretty much support the same operating systems and software as their ancestors did is quite a feat. Much of this effort had already been accomplished with ...
The 386’s main register bank, at the bottom of the datapath. The numbers show how many bits of the register can be accessed. (Credit: Ken Shirriff) ...