Intel 386

The Intel 386 processor, introduced in 1985 with 285,000 transistors, used standard cell logic—an automated place-and-route technique—to meet its production schedule after falling behind. The article …

The article summarizes the reverse-engineering of the Intel 386 processor's input/output (I/O) circuits, which protect the chip from static electricity, latchup, and metastability. It details how spec…

The Intel 386 processor, introduced in 1985, was the first 32-bit CPU in the x86 architecture and contains numerous registers that provide much faster storage than main memory. The processor's registe…