Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThen you have the NexGen Nx586, which is arguably 386-like in having no FPU, but ended up being the ancestor of most modern x86 CPUs by decomposing complex operations into RISC-esque micro-ops.
Then you have the NexGen Nx586, which is arguably 386-like in having no FPU, but ended up being the ancestor of most modern x86 CPUs by decomposing complex operations into RISC-esque micro-ops.