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They don't mean "x86" (the 32bit instruction set), but i386 aka Intel 80386, a processor introduced in 1985: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386 https://e
by norswap 9y ago
They don't mean "x86" (the 32bit instruction set), but i386 aka Intel 80386, a processor introduced in 1985: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386
- monochromatic 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32 It includes 486, Pentium, etc.
- imtringued 9y agoFrom the article you linked: > the 80386 instruction set, programming model, and binary encodings are still the common denominator for all 32-bit x86 processors, which is termed the i386-architecture, x86, or IA-32, depending on context.