AMD: Advanced Micro Devices
– Global supplier of integrated circuits for personal and networked computing and communications.
AMD: Advanced Micro Devices
– Global supplier of integrated circuits for personal and networked computing and communications.
Centaur Technology
– Was IDT. Makes WinChip processor family, world’s smallest x86 processors, shipping four different parts, and consistently has the fastest design cycle in the industry. Subsidiary of VIA Technologies.
Elbrus International
– E2K microprocessor: postRISC parallel architecture claimed 2x faster than Merced. Has optimizing compiler. High security: supports data types in hardware, checks handling at run time.
History of the x86 processor
– In depth report on the history of the x86 processor.
Intel Corp.
– Manufacturer of x86 microprocessors. Also make chipsets, motherboards and network processors.
Intel Nehalem x86 Heads for the Datacenter
– An Introduction to 64-bit Computing and x86-64
Processor performance charts
– Detailed performance charts of various desktop processors.
Sandpile.org
– Archive of technical x86 processor information and downloadable documentation. Includes a discussion forum.
The PC Technology Guide
– Outlines the basic structure of a processor and the architectures of recent designs from Intel, AMD and Cyrix.
Wikipedia: X86 Architecture
– Encyclopedia article about the microprocessor architecture, including history, naming scheme, design details, and software support.