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True, but SX used to stand (officially? dunno) for Singleword Xchange, as it had a 16 bit bus. DX was Doubleword Xchange, hence 32bit bus. Then in the 486, the
by gruturo 5y ago
True, but SX used to stand (officially? dunno) for Singleword Xchange, as it had a 16 bit bus. DX was Doubleword Xchange, hence 32bit bus.
Then in the 486, the bus was always 32-bit (at least from Intel. I have a faint memory of Cyrix 486SLCs with a 16bit bus), and now the SX-DX indicated the presence of an integrated FPU instead.
Bonus: the 80487 was not just an FPU. It was a full 486DX which just disabled the main CPU and did all the work, and of course had an FPU.
- guerrilla 5y ago> Singleword Xchange > Doubleword Xchange Thank you! I knew all the difference (the same as 8088 vs. 8086) but never knew why those names were used. I love these tidbits of history.