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-[Acronym] for __I__ntel __A__rch
[32bit].
+[Acronym] for __I__ntel __A__rchitecture
[32bit].
-Often called [x86] or (less commonly) 80x86 because the original version was named 8086, and subsequent revisions were numbered 80286, 80386, 80486, etc.
-After that,
[Intel] changed the naming scheme, since numbers can
't be trademarked. So
the 586 became
the [Pentium
], and the 686 (logically) was called the Pentium2, which is what happens when marketing has too much control of a company
.
+[Intel]'s official name for
the design of
the [32bit
] [x86] [CPU]s
, ie the 80386
and newer
.
-Chips like
the Celeron are like
the Pentium2
, but often have something disabled (in this case,
they have a lot less on-die [Cache])
.
+Besides [Intel], [AMD] and VIA also make [ia32] chips. There used to be many more "cloners" of [Intel] chips, particularly around
the time of
the i486
, but they've all been driven out of the market
.
-
-The are two main manufacturers of these chips:
-* [Intel]
-* [AMD]
-
-[AMD]'s offerings include the lower cost Duron (similar to the Celeron in that it has a small cache), the Athlon, and now the [64bit] Opteron.
-
-Which is better is a traditional ReligiousWar/FlameWar - many people believe that AMD offers better value (performance/price) while others believe that Intel chips are more reliable.
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CategoryHardware]
+Part of
CategoryHardware
