Intel i860
E237207
The Intel i860 was a high-performance RISC microprocessor from the late 1980s and early 1990s, notable for its VLIW-like architecture and integrated floating-point and graphics capabilities aimed at workstations and supercomputers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intel i860 canonical | 2 |
| Intel i860XP | 2 |
| Broadway CPU | 1 |
| Intel i860XR | 1 |
| i860 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2137396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel i860 Context triple: [Motorola 88000, competedWith, Intel i860]
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A.
Intel 80186
The Intel 80186 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that integrated additional peripherals and control functions onto the CPU die, making it popular for embedded systems rather than mainstream personal computers.
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B.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
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C.
Intel Pentium Pro
The Intel Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor introduced in the mid-1990s, notable for its advanced out-of-order execution and on-package L2 cache, and primarily targeted at servers and high-end workstations.
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D.
Intel 80486
The Intel 80486 is a fourth-generation x86 microprocessor that integrated an FPU and cache on-chip, significantly improving performance over earlier 386 CPUs and becoming a popular processor for early 1990s personal computers.
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E.
Intel 80286
The Intel 80286 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that added protected mode and advanced memory management features, enabling more powerful multitasking operating systems on IBM PC/AT–class computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel i860 Target entity description: The Intel i860 was a high-performance RISC microprocessor from the late 1980s and early 1990s, notable for its VLIW-like architecture and integrated floating-point and graphics capabilities aimed at workstations and supercomputers.
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A.
Intel 80186
The Intel 80186 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that integrated additional peripherals and control functions onto the CPU die, making it popular for embedded systems rather than mainstream personal computers.
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B.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
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C.
Intel Pentium Pro
The Intel Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor introduced in the mid-1990s, notable for its advanced out-of-order execution and on-package L2 cache, and primarily targeted at servers and high-end workstations.
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D.
Intel 80486
The Intel 80486 is a fourth-generation x86 microprocessor that integrated an FPU and cache on-chip, significantly improving performance over earlier 386 CPUs and becoming a popular processor for early 1990s personal computers.
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E.
Intel 80286
The Intel 80286 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that added protected mode and advanced memory management features, enabling more powerful multitasking operating systems on IBM PC/AT–class computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RISC microprocessor
ⓘ
VLIW-like microprocessor ⓘ microprocessor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
80860
ⓘ
i860 ⓘ
linked to:
Intel i860
|
| architectureStyle |
RISC
ⓘ
VLIW-like ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high floating-point performance
ⓘ
high graphics performance ⓘ |
| discontinuationEra | 1990s ⓘ |
| executionModel | very long instruction word-like ⓘ |
| floatingPointSupport |
IEEE 754
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard
|
| hasFeature |
explicit instruction scheduling
ⓘ
graphics-oriented integer operations ⓘ integrated floating-point unit ⓘ integrated graphics-oriented instructions ⓘ matrix and vector operations support ⓘ on-chip data cache ⓘ on-chip instruction cache ⓘ separate instruction and data buses ⓘ separate integer and floating-point pipelines ⓘ vector processing support ⓘ wide integer registers ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Intel i860XP
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel i860
Intel i860XR ⓘ
linked to:
Intel i860
|
| instructionSetType | RISC ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
graphics accelerators
ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ supercomputers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| introductionEra |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Intel
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
|
| marketIntroductionYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced floating-point performance for its time
ⓘ
complex programming model ⓘ use in specialized high-performance systems ⓘ |
| pipelineType | superscalar-like ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Intel i860XP
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel i860
|
| supports |
double-precision floating point
ⓘ
single-precision floating point ⓘ |
| technologyNode | CMOS ⓘ |
| usedIn |
accelerator boards
ⓘ
graphics workstations ⓘ supercomputer nodes ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Intel i860 Description of subject: The Intel i860 was a high-performance RISC microprocessor from the late 1980s and early 1990s, notable for its VLIW-like architecture and integrated floating-point and graphics capabilities aimed at workstations and supercomputers.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Motorola 88000 family
linked to: Intel i860
linked to: Intel i860
linked to: Intel i860
linked to: Intel i860
linked to: Intel i860