X86

Summary

X86 is a computing platform^[1]. X86 has Wikipedia articles in 52 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• X86's instance of is recorded as computing platform^[3].
• X86's instance of is recorded as instruction set architecture^[4].
• X86 is a type of instruction set architecture^[5].
• X86's designed by is recorded as Intel^[6].
• X86's designed by is recorded as AMD^[7].
• X86's Commons category is recorded as X86 Microprocessors^[8].
• X86 comprises x87^[9].
• X86 comprises MMX^[10].
• X86 comprises Streaming SIMD Extensions^[11].
• X86 comprises Advanced Vector Extensions^[12].
• X86 comprises x86 virtualization^[13].
• X86 comprises 3DNow!^[14].
• X86 comprises Streaming SIMD Extensions 2^[15].
• X86 comprises Streaming SIMD Extensions 3^[16].
• X86 comprises Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3^[17].
• X86 comprises SSE4^[18].
• X86 comprises CPUID^[19].
• 1978 marks the founding of X86^[20].
• X86's topic's main category is recorded as Category:X86 architecture^[21].
• X86's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/x86^[22].
• X86's used by is recorded as X86 processor^[23].
• X86's different from is recorded as x86 assembly language^[24].
• X86's different from is recorded as Q272629^[25].
• X86's different from is recorded as IA-32^[26].
• X86's has part is recorded as machine instruction^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include computing platform^[3] and instruction set architecture^[4]. X86 is a type of instruction set architecture^[5].

Origins

1978 marks the founding of X86^[20].

Use and Application

Components include x87^[9], an instruction set architecture^[28]; MMX^[10], an instruction set architecture^[29], written by Intel^[30]; Streaming SIMD Extensions^[11], an instruction set architecture^[31]; Advanced Vector Extensions^[12], an instruction set extension^[32]; x86 virtualization^[13]; and 3DNow!^[14], an instruction set architecture^[33]. X86's used by is recorded as X86 processor^[23].

Why It Matters

X86 has Wikipedia articles in 52 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]