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x86
x86
Instruction Set Architecture
Instruction Set Architecture
General
Variants
Topics
- Instructions
- Addressing Modes
- Registers
- Model-Specific Register
- Assembly
- Interrupts
- Micro-Ops
- Timer
- Calling Convention
- Microarchitectures
- CPUID
CPUIDs
Modes
Extensions(all)
x86 is a family of little-endian, CISC, instruction set architectures and extensions. As its namesake indicates, the x86 ISA offers binary compatibility all the way from the original 8086 to modern microarchitectures as well as source code compatibility since the 8080. Today, the architecture is widely used in the desktop and server markets by a number of companies including Intel, AMD, VIA, DM&P, and RDC.
Generally speaking, the term 'x86' encompasses the original x86-16, x86-32 (IA-32), x86-64 (AMD64), and the various extensions such as MMX, 3DNOW!, and SSE.
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History
- Main article: History of x86
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Overview
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Registers
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Operation Modes
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Instruction Set
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Syntaxes
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Interrupts
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Extensions
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Implementations
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See also
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1 octets
2 nibbles
16 bit2 nibbles
2 octets
4 nibbles
32 bit4 nibbles
4 octets
8 nibbles
64 bit8 nibbles
8 octets
16 nibbles
ProprietaryRegister-MemoryVon NeumannLittle-endian
16 nibbles
Facts about "x86"
design | Von Neumann + |
designer | Intel + and AMD + |
dev model | Proprietary + |
endianness | Little-endian + |
first launched | 1978 + |
format | Register-Memory + |
full page name | x86 + |
name | x86 + |
word size | 8 bit (1 octets, 2 nibbles) +, 16 bit (2 octets, 4 nibbles) +, 32 bit (4 octets, 8 nibbles) + and 64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) + |