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What is significant about those numbers?
by hyperhopper 4y ago
What is significant about those numbers?
- etrautmann 4y agoThese were the designations for intel processors in the 90s.
- Robotbeat 4y ago1985 is when the 386 came out (286 in 1982, 8086/8088 was in the 70s)! 486 was 1989. Pentium (technically 586), released in 1993, is what I think of when I think of CPUs in the 90s. “n”86 has the 1980s association. Generational divide, here.
- etrautmann 4y agoah my apologies, as a child of the 90s, the 486 was just what I had in my house then.
- organsnyder 4y ago386 is an especially important milestone CPU, since it was the first CPU to offer a 32-bit mode in the Wintel space.
- elromulous 4y agoFound the OG Mac user :)
- organsnyder 4y agoHa! I was actually a DOS user at the time, but I know it wasn't the only platform in existence.
- bena 4y agoThe original Intel processors that kicked off the personal computing revolution was the 8086. It itself was a variation on earlier chips, the 8008 and 8080. It took off and spawned its own line, the 80168, 80286, etc. Eventually, the 80 was dropped and they became known as the 286, 386, 486. Even the Pentium processor was really a brand name for the 586. Every Core i7 is an x86.
- dave78 4y agoWow, I assumed those numbers were still universally recognized in tech, but I guess it makes sense that they're not anymore. Your question makes me feel old :)