Chuck(G)
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Is the P4 the last 32-bit only x86 chip for Intel? I think it was. So there's that to distinguish it.
No Duos were 64-bit.
But it does seem like Intel still sells 32-bit x86 for the embedded applications. I think they are all loosely derived from the Pentium M.
Intel was still manufacturing i386s for embedded applications as late as 2009. I'd be shocked if they weren't still spitting out 32 bit CPUs on the sly.Do you know of an example of one? I was under the impression Intel pretty much went all in on the Atom for the embedded space, and all current Atoms are 64 bit.
Intel was still manufacturing i386s for embedded applications as late as 2009. I'd be shocked if they weren't still spitting out 32 bit CPUs on the sly.
What was the last 32-bit Intel CPU?
Answer (1 of 4): Intel still makes 32-bit x86 processors for embedded systems: the Quark series of microcontrollers. The most recent ones were introduced late in 2015. The company recently discontinued the Curie series; maker products that incorporated Curie included the Edison and the Arduino 10...www.quora.com
Again, splitting hairs, I guess.
You can count me as one. So, there is at least one. And I'm sure there are many others.and I highly doubt any one person here has an interest in every single computer platform covered by this LARGE forum.
Me too. Although haven't really got the time or brain power to express such wide interest. I enjoyed every single booth at VCF SoCal!You can count me as one.
I think for electronics at least "vintage" has more to do with epoch than linear age. PC games are no longer released on physical media, so I would call any game with a physical, non-DRM-locked release "vintage". This is only because the era of physical media is over.Just because it's from your childhood it doesn't mean it's vintage, but people approach it that way. A game from 2008 is not vintage, regardless of your age. In 2008 a 1993 game was vintage. Progress doesn't work linearly.
Well quark might have died, but you never know where the pesky 32-bit core might still show up:
Sure, but it’s completely disingenuous to say that Intel is “selling it for embedded applications”. It’s literally buried inside of a chip that the only reason that exists to buy it is to support a 64 bit desktop/laptop CPU.
They did sell quark for embedded applications outside of their own designs.