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> And x86 CPUs still are required to support 16-bit devices from 35 years ago. I heard somewhere that this year Intel was going to begin to phase out support f
by tenebrisalietum 7y ago
> And x86 CPUs still are required to support 16-bit devices from 35 years ago.
I heard somewhere that this year Intel was going to begin to phase out support for BIOS, which would allow Intel to eliminate CPUs booting up in "real mode".
I think as long as plain PCI is something supported, some sort of 16-bit support has to be in the firmware because of option ROMs. Though I'm not sure UEFI couldn't service those with some sort of emulation layer (may as well, UEFI's already complex enough).