The great 386 race is over.
Written on November 11th, 2025 by Tech Ads
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AMD Delivers The World's Fastest 386s.
The great 386 race is over. And the clear winner _ full 32-bit 386 performance to the desktop.The
is the Am386 microprocessor family. Am386SXIL-33 CPU makes 33MHz the stan-
The fact is, no other 386 micro- F w dard for 386SX machines both at the
processors available today can rival § sole desktop and for battery powered
the sheer speed and performance Sons Manos applications.
of the Am386 microprocessors.The The goMH: DXL:40 In either case, they're over 20%
Am386DXL-40 CPU brings 40MHz, oe none rorPmaay faster than those run-of-the-mill 386s
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‘The great 386 race is over.’
The Am386 was a reverse-engineered reimplementation of Intels 80386. Prior to AMD’s development of the Am386, AMD has been a second source supplier to IBM of Intel’s own 8086/80186/80286 designs, a practice that ended 1987. The engineering effort resulted in a functional product by the end of 1989, however litigation by Intel delayed launch until 1991. On release the Am386 was viewed as speed and price-competitive with Intel’s own 386 designs.
Taken from: Byte Magazine - Volume 17, Number 5 (May 1992)
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