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-[Why did you pick the Intel 80386?]-

I picked the 80386, simply because it was the first true 32-bit processor
for the PC.

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-[386DX Improvements over older processors]-
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* Includes full protected mode and virutal real modes
* Introduced the concepts of GUI-based Operating Systems
* First Processor to use pipelining to allow higher clock
  frequency.


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-[Processor Information]-
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Versions:   386DX       386DX      386DX      386DX     386DX
             -16         -20        -25        -33       -40

Introduced:  10/85       2/87       4/88      4/89       7/89

Multipulier: 1.0

Mhz Speed:    16          20         25        33         40

Processor Technology:  CMOS

Write Buffers: NONE

Instruction Decoders: 1

Integer Units: 1

L1 Cache: 0

Pipeline Stages: 4

Processor Modes: Real, Protected, Virtual Real

Instruction Set: x86

L2 Cache: N/A

Addressable RAM: 4 gigabytes


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-[ 80386SX ]-
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The 80386SX is a processor that was designed for notebooks orignally, but
they are about 15% slower than the DX Processors. 80386SX is almost identical
to the 386DX, what makes them slower is the lower data bus width. It uses a 
16-bit data bus.