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6 The Intel i386 turns 40 years old — 275,000 transistors running at 16MHz changed personal computing forever

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Tom's Hardware · today 09:10 EDT

The Intel i386 turns 40 years old — 275,000 transistors running at 16MHz changed personal computing forever

Introduced in October 1985, the third-generation x86 processor was the first 32-bit chip in Intel’s PC line, the origin point for the IA-32 instruction set, and the architectural turning point that transformed personal computing.

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