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    The History Of Intel CPUs (Archive)

    - 4004: I mention that it was a 4-bit CPU. It is literally the first sentence in the article. - 80386: Did I say that the architecture didn't improve? The article literally states that it outperformed the 80286 when both systems used the same amount of RAM. Additional RAM increased performance...
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    The History Of Intel CPUs (Archive)

    I miss lot of important data from descriptions: - 4004: It was a 4 bit wide CPU - 80286: firts x86 CPU with protected mode support and non multiplexed data/address bus - 80386: "more RAM almost always translated into a performance increase" No, the new architecture were the cause of performance...