The 486 line may be long-dead on the desktop ... not least because there is a far greater selection of devices on the market with Pentium-class or newer cores. We’ve encountered them on modules ...

This feature allows the Pentium’s FPU to be about 2-3 times faster than the 486 with CORDIC, giving even home users access to significant FPU features a few years before the battle of MMX ...

The 8086 is the ancestor of all that followed: 286, 386, 486, Pentium, Core, Xeon, etc. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

First used by Compaq in 1986, Intel's 386 introduced an enhanced architecture that was carried forth in all subsequent chips, including the 486 and Pentium. The 386 brought a 32-bit mode of ...