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Considering the 80386 needed two clock cycles for just an INC or ADD, let alone the 12-27 needed for an IMUL/IDIV/memory fetch, I’d say an 80386 would be a bad
by jsjohnst 8y ago
Considering the 80386 needed two clock cycles for just an INC or ADD, let alone the 12-27 needed for an IMUL/IDIV/memory fetch, I’d say an 80386 would be a bad target. While faster than most others in its time, the 386 was a rather poorly designed CPU.