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AMD: Advanced Micro Devices
Global supplier of integrated circuits for personal and networked computing and communications.
Intel Corp.
Manufacturer of x86 microprocessors. Also make chipsets, motherboards and network processors.
x86 Optimizer
Code optimizer that supports code for the IA-32 and x86-64 architectures which is used to optimize ...
Sandpile.org
Archive of technical x86 processor information and downloadable documentation. Includes a discussio...
Elbrus International
E2K microprocessor: postRISC parallel architecture claimed 2x faster than Merced. Has optimizing co...
Centaur Technology
Was IDT. Makes WinChip processor family, world's smallest x86 processors, shipping four different p...
The Pentium: An Architectural History of the World's Most Famous Desktop Processor, Part I
Article treats integer pipeline, P6 architecture, impact of legacy x86 support. [Ars Technica]
The Pentium: An Architectural History of the World's Most Famous Desktop Processor, Part II
Article treats trace cache, instruction window, P4 and Pentium-M developments, branch prediction. [...
Wikipedia: X86 Architecture
Encyclopedia article about the microprocessor architecture, including history, naming scheme, desig...
Processor performance charts
Detailed performance charts of various desktop processors.
IT News: IBM Claims x86 Server Breakthrough
The eX5 server platform is the first to effectively "decouple" memory performance and capacity from...