Intel's i386 brought 32-bit registers to x86 and paved the way for Windows 3.0 and Linux.
  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The real change was the i486, which was way better and had integrated floating point

    Not until later with the DX chips. You could also get a 386 with an integrated fpu.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      EDIT:
      The first i486 was with floating point, and it was faster than 80386 from the get go.
      Later when the cut down SX that didn’t have floating point was introduced, they called the non cut down version DX.
      But the original i486 was similar to later DX versions and included floating point.

      But admittedly the better prices for 486 was probably due to competition with AMD heating up.