Subject: Re: What is Tasty ISO?
From: Jeroen Diederen (jdiederen@epo.org)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 09:54:15 MST
ok ! I saw that there were some things in linux which deal with x86 aren't
there ? Can you explain what they do ?
"nathan r. hruby" wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Jeroen Diederen wrote:
>
> > what is x86 ?
> >
>
> x86 = Intel based hardware (aka: PC, wintel, ia32)
> A mac would be "ppc" (Short for PowerPC)
>
> <history mode="light">
> The "x86" moniker comes from the original maning scheme of Intels
> chips. The first one being the 8088, then the 8086, 80286, 80836
> (first intel chip to operate in protected mode), 80486 (first intel chip
> to have onboard FPU), 80586 (Pentium), 80686 (Pentium Pro), 80786 (PII),
> etc... Since all of these chips are essentially binary compatible, the
> common name for them was the "x86" platform, which is typically meant to
> mean the 486 up to the latest Pentium IV Xenons. This does not cover
> the ia64 (aka: Itanium) chip series, which is much different. x86 was,
> for a while, a degoratory term given to the platform by those with MIPS,
> SPARC and other more "big iron" processors, hence Intels more
> politically correct "ia32" nomencleature once it started publicly
> developing the Itanium chips, known as ia64. "ia" in ia[64|32] =
> "Intel Architecture"
> </history>
>
> -n
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