Intel tried this with the Quark core, which was discontinued in 2019: Compare the Quark Core Block Diagram: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/doc

Intel tried this with the Quark core, which was discontinued in 2019: Compare the Quark Core Block Diagram: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/processors/quark/sb/329678_intelquarkcore_hwrefman_002.pdf https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/pr... with that of the 486 (Figure 3-2): http://datasheets.chipdb.org/Intel/x86/486/manuals/27302101.PDF http://datasheets.chipdb.org/Intel/x86/486/manuals/27302101....