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Also known as X86 Architecture

x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel, based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088. The 8086 was introduced in 1978 as a fully 16-bit extension of Intel's 8-bit 8080 microprocessor, with memory segmentation as a solution for addressing more memory than can be covered by a plain 16-bit address. The term "x86" came into being because the names of several successors to Intel's 8086 processor end in "86", including the 80186, 80286, 80386 and 80

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Key facts

CPU architecture.extensions
x87, IA-32, x86-64, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, MCA, ACPI, SSE2, NX bit, SMT, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4, SSE4.2, AES-NI, CLMUL, SM3, SM4, RDRAND, SHA, MPX, SME, SGX, XOP, F16C, ADX, BMI, FMA, AVX, AVX2, AVX-VNNI, AVX-IFMA, AVX512, AVX10, AMX, VT-x, VT-d, AMD-V, AMD-Vi, TSX, ASF, TXT, APX
CPU architecture.open
Mixed
CPU architecture.name
x86
CPU architecture.designer
Intel, AMD
CPU architecture.bits
16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit
CPU architecture.introduced
1978 (16-bit), 1985 (32-bit), 2003 (64-bit)
CPU architecture.design
CISC
CPU architecture.type
Register–memory
CPU architecture.encoding
Variable (1 to 15 bytes)
CPU architecture.branching
Condition code
CPU architecture.endianness
Little
CPU architecture.page size
8086–i286: Nonei386, i486: 4 KB pagesP5 Pentium: added 4 MB pages(Legacy PAE: 4 KB→2 MB)x86-64: added 1 GB pages

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Designed by
AMD
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Commons category
X86 Microprocessors
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com/tags/x86
topic's main category
Category:X86 architecture
different from
IA-32
inception
1978-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

43 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Chronology
  • History
  • Designers and manufacturers
  • From 16-bit and 32-bit to 64-bit architecture
  • Continued support for 16-bit and 32-bit execution modes
  • Basic properties of the architecture
  • Floating point and SIMD
  • Current implementations
  • Addressing modes
  • x86 registers
  • 16-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
  • 128-bit
  • 256-bit
  • 512-bit
  • Miscellaneous/special purpose
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • Operating modes
  • Real mode
  • Unreal mode
  • System Management Mode
  • Protected mode
  • Virtual 8086 mode
  • Long mode
  • Extensions
  • x87
  • PAE
  • MMX
  • 3DNow!
  • SSE
  • x86-64
  • AMD-V and VT-x
  • AES-NI
  • AVX
  • {{Anchor|APX (Advanced Performance Extensions)}}APX
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel, based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088. The 8086 was introduced in 1978 as a fully 16-bit extension of Intel's 8-bit 8080 microprocessor, with memory segmentation as a solution for addressing more memory than can be covered by a plain 16-bit address. The term "x86" came into being because the names of several successors to Intel's 8086 processor end in "86", including the 80186, 80286, 80386 and 80486. Colloquially, their names were "186", "286", "386" and "486".

The term is not synonymous with IBM PC compatibility, as this implies a multitude of other computer hardware. Embedded systems and general-purpose computers used x86 chips before the PC-compatible market started, some of them before the IBM PC (1981) debut.

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