x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed...

x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999. It introduced two new...

x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU. In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved...

The x86 instruction set refers to the set of instructions that x86-compatible microprocessors support. The instructions are usually part of an executable...

x86 assembly language is the name for the family of assembly languages which provide some level of backward compatibility with CPUs back to the Intel...

Android-x86 is an open source project that makes an unofficial porting of the Android mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance to...

This article describes the calling conventions used when programming x86 architecture microprocessors. Calling conventions describe the interface of called...

INT is an assembly language instruction for x86 processors that generates a software interrupt. It takes the interrupt number formatted as a byte value...

protection levels. Many modern CPU architectures (including the popular Intel x86 architecture) include some form of ring protection, although the Windows...

x86 instruction set architecture, designed by Intel and first implemented in the 80386 microprocessor in 1985. IA-32 is the first incarnation of x86 that...

from RHEL version 2.1AS. Since version 8, CentOS officially supports the x86-64, ARM64, and POWER8 architectures, and releases up to version 6 also supported...

own x86 line) IBM (discontinued its own x86 line) UMC (discontinued its x86 line) NEC (discontinued its x86 line) VM Technology (discontinued its x86 line)...

all 64-bit instruction sets support full 64-bit virtual memory addresses; x86-64 and AArch64 for example, support only 48 bits of virtual address, with...

x86 memory segmentation refers to the implementation of memory segmentation in the Intel x86 computer instruction set architecture. Segmentation was introduced...

Process–architecture–optimization model and Template:Intel processor roadmap. 8086 first x86 processor; initially a temporary substitute for the iAPX 432 to compete with...

processors, away from PowerPC. Since 2005, many Mac computers have used the same x86-64 computer architecture as many other desktop PCs, laptops, and servers...

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: X86 Assembly/AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX, also known as Gesher New Instructions and then...

example, Linux, Windows, and macOS instances can all run on a single physical x86 machine. This contrasts with operating-system–level virtualization, where...

Windows (XP, 2003, Vista), there are also %ProgramFiles(x86)%, which defaults to "C:\Program Files (x86)", and %ProgramW6432%, which defaults to "C:\Program...

most manufacturers of computer systems, and is one of the developers of the x86 series of instruction sets found in most personal computers (PCs). It also...

This article details versions of MS-DOS, IBM PC DOS, and at least partially compatible disk operating systems. It does not include the many other operating...

Æ (lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae. It has been promoted to the...

In the x86 assembly language, the JMP instruction performs an unconditional jump. Such an instruction transfers the flow of execution by changing the...

engineers said "we could run circles around PowerPC...we could kill the x86." Early predictions were that IA-64 would expand to the lower-end servers...

s390, SuperH, SPARC, x86, Xtensa) macOS x86, ARM (Apple silicon) Microsoft Windows (IA-32, x86-64, ARM, ARM64) PlayStation 4 (x86), PlayStation 3 (PowerPC)...

another. QEMU supports the emulation of various architectures, including x86, ARM, PowerPC, RISC-V, and others. QEMU was written by Fabrice Bellard and...

innovation. Intel had introduced the first x86 microprocessors in 1978. In 1981, IBM created its PC, and wanted Intel's x86 processors, but only under the condition...

called ring −2 in reference to protection rings) is an operating mode of x86 central processor units (CPUs) in which all normal execution, including the...

In the x86 assembly language, the TEST instruction performs a bitwise AND on two operands. The flags SF, ZF, PF are modified while the result of the AND...

In the x86 architecture, the CPUID instruction (identified by a CPUID opcode) is a processor supplementary instruction (its name derived from CPU Identification)...