Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down12cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months 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.