2007-04-24 17:19:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Same archetecture, alot more layors of transistors.
2007-04-24 17:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huge difference!
Even the lowly 286 could do much more than the 8088/8086, but it was never really taken advantage of because it was mostly used in IBM-AT and compatibles. I did see it used as a microcontroller a few times, although the 80186 was better.
Every processor after the 8088/8086 has had backward compatibility but had extended modes with new processor instruction sets, etc. In the 386 and later it is called "virtual 86."
By the time the Pentium/Pentium Pro came along, compatibility was no longer wired into the processor but was done in a sort of emulation mode. The original Pentium was slower than the last 486's preceding it, because it ran slower at 16 bits than it did at 32.
2007-04-25 00:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by John E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the new instruction sets, and the extra pathways in the current processors, the 8086/8088 required a math coprocessor to be added to the system if you wanted more than a certain number of decimals in your computations.
2007-04-25 00:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by Robert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember that number. the old XT 8088/8086. Yeah, Pentium processors still use the x86 technology today. There is just a lot more 8088/8086 channels in todays processors.
Great Question!!!
2007-04-25 00:22:44 · answer #4 · answered by YourTech 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋