386: 32-Bit and Cache Memory
Intel’s 80836 was the first x86 with a 32-bit architecture. Several versions of this processor were offered. The two best known are the 386 SX (Single-word eXternal), which had a 16-bit data bus, and the 386 DX (Double-word eXternal) with a 32-bit data bus. Two other versions are worth noting, though: the SL, which was the first x86 to offer management of a cache (external) and the 386EX, used in the space program (the Hubble telescope uses this processor).
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| Code name | P3 |
| Date released | 1985 |
| Architecture | 32 bits |
| Data bus | 32 bits |
| Address bus | 32 bits |
| Maximum memory | 4096 MB |
| L1 cache | 0 KB (controller sometimes present) |
| L2 cache | no |
| Clock frequency | 16-33 MHz |
| FSB | same as clock frequency |
| FPU | 80387 |
| SIMD | no |
| Fabrication process | 1,500-1,000 nm |
| Number of transistors | 275,000 |
| Power consumption | 2 W @ 33 MHz |
| Voltage | 5 V |
| Die surface area | 42 mm² @ 1µ |
| Connector | 132 pins |
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