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==== [[Intel 80386|80386DX]] ==== * Introduced October 17, 1985 * Clock rates: ** 16 MHz, 5 MIPS ** 20 MHz, 6 to 7 MIPS, introduced February 16, 1987 ** 25 MHz, 7.5 MIPS, introduced April 4, 1988 ** 33 MHz, 9.9 MIPS (9.4 SPECint92 on Compaq/i 16 KB L2), introduced April 10, 1989 * Data bus width: 32 bits, address bus: 32 bits * 275,000 transistors at 1 ΞΌm * Addressable memory 4 [[gigabyte|GB]] (4 Γ 1024{{sup|3}} B) * [[Virtual memory]] <!-- "up to"? --> 64 [[Terabyte|TB]] (64 Γ 1024{{sup|4}} B)<ref name="Ram2001">{{cite book|author=Badri Ram|title=Adv Microprocessors Interfacing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVcEWDIeTYcC&pg=PT208|date=1 September 2001|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-07-043448-6|pages=208β}}</ref><ref>Rant, Jon; "Extending the Legacy of Leadership: The 80386 Arrives", Intel Corporation, Special 32-Bit Issue Solutions, November/December 1985, page 2</ref> * First x86 chip to handle [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] data sets * Reworked and expanded memory protection support including [[Paging|paged virtual memory]] and virtual-86 mode, features required at the time by [[Xenix]] and [[Unix]]. This memory capability spurred the development and availability of [[OS/2]] and is a fundamental requirement for modern operating systems like [[Linux]], [[Windows]], and [[macOS]] * First used by Compaq in the [[Compaq Deskpro 386|Deskpro 386]]. Used in desktop computing * Unlike the DX naming convention of the 486 chips, it had no math co-processor * Later renamed Intel386 DX
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