IA-32

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IA-32 is Intel’s 32-bit x86 architecture used as the basis for many generations of desktop, mobile, and embedded processors.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
IA-32 canonical 36
IA-32 architecture 1
IA-32 instruction set 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Intel architecture
computer architecture
instruction set architecture
addressSpaceSize 4 GiB
addressWidth 32 bits
alsoKnownAs 32-bit x86
i386 architecture
linked to: IA-32

x86-32
architectureFamily x86
backwardCompatibleWith 16-bit x86
Intel 8086 software
bitWidth 32-bit
compatibilityModel CISC
developedBy Intel
linked to: Intel Corporation
documentationName Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32)
linked to: IA-32
floatingPointUnit x87 FPU
generalPurposeRegisters 8
hasExtension MMX
SSE (on later IA-32 CPUs)
linked to: SSE2
influenced x86-64 design
introducedBy Intel 80386 microprocessor
linked to: Intel 80386
introducedWith Intel 80386
introductionPeriod mid-1980s
marketImpact dominant 32-bit PC architecture for many years
predecessor Intel 8086 architecture
linked to: Intel 8086

x86-16
linked to: Intel 8086
privilegeLevels 4 rings
registerWidth 32 bits
successor Intel 64
x86-64
linked to: AMD64 architecture
supports hardware task switching
paging
protected mode
real mode
ring-based privilege levels
segmentation
virtual 8086 mode
supportsMemoryManagement hardware paging and protection
supportsOperatingSystems BSD
Linux
Microsoft Windows
linked to: Windows

macOS (historical on 32-bit Intel)
usedAsBasisFor Wintel PC platform
linked to: IBM PC compatible
usedIn desktop processors
embedded processors
mobile processors
server processors
usesEndianness little-endian
wordSize 32 bits

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intel Atom instructionSet IA-32
Windows ME platform IA-32
Windows 2000 architecture IA-32
Windows XP platform IA-32
Windows Vista platform IA-32
Windows 95 platform IA-32
Windows NT originalCpuArchitecture Intel i386
linked to: IA-32
Windows 7 platform IA-32
GNU GRUB supportsPlatform IA-32
AMD64 architecture extends IA-32 architecture
linked to: IA-32
OpenBSD supportsPlatform i386
linked to: IA-32
IA-32 alsoKnownAs i386 architecture
linked to: IA-32
IA-32 documentationName Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32)
linked to: IA-32
Bonnell supports IA-32
SSE2 architecture IA-32
Intel Atom instructionSet IA-32
subject linked to: Atom
P54C isa IA-32
x86 hasAlternativeName IA-32
AMD Duron compatibleWith IA-32
Intel 64 basedOn IA-32
Intel 64 compatibleWith IA-32
Intel 64 extends IA-32 instruction set
linked to: IA-32
Intel AVX compatibleWith IA-32
Lotus SmartSuite platform IA-32
Outlook Express platform IA-32
Windows 9x architecture IA-32
OSR2.5 platform IA-32
Intel SSE compatibleWith IA-32
XFree86 platform IA-32
Memphis platform IA-32