Happy Birthday! X86 Turns 30 Years Old 362
javipas writes "On June 8th, 1978 Intel introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086. Intel used then "the dawn of a new era" slogan, and they probably didn't know how certain they were. Thirty years later we've seen the evolution of PC architectures based on the x86 instruction set that has been the core of Intel, AMD or VIA processors. Legendary chips such as Intel 80386, 80486, Pentium and AMD Athlon have a great debt to that original processor, and as recently was pointed out on Slashdot, x86 evolution still leads the revolution. Happy birthday and long live x86."
Intel's anniversary too (Score:5, Funny)
Nice self-reference double entendre Taco!
Might want to check your FPU (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:5, Funny)
Happy 29.9999999876547542 (Score:5, Funny)
your great-great-great grandson,
Pentium
Happy Birthday (Score:5, Funny)
message db "Happy Birthday!", "$"
main proc
mov ax,seg message
mov ds,ax
mov ah,09
lea dx,message
int 21h
mov ax,4c00h
int 21h
main endp
end main
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:5, Funny)
Happy Happy Birthday (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Its hard to believe ... (Score:3, Funny)
We've been using it for 100% of mine. The 80386 was still shiny and new when I was born.
See, this is one the reasons I come to Slashdot. Other discussion boards make me feel so old because I remember using my old 486DX2/66.
Re:Itanium sank (Score:3, Funny)
What other discussion boards? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How Long? (Score:4, Funny)
June 8th (Score:5, Funny)
Jerk.
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:3, Funny)
Oh wait, did I say a few?
Happy birthday! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How Long? (Score:5, Funny)
Report to Carousel (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Die already ! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:5, Funny)
not fair, this is too Do$$y (Score:5, Funny)
So? (Score:5, Funny)
Wake me up when it turns 32.
Happy Birthday! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:3, Funny)
Although I don't think I invented confuddling (confuzzling is another good variation), and it was my sister who invented jahookin'
Re:Its hard to believe ... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Might want to check your FPU (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Intel's anniversary too (Score:3, Funny)
Sure beats being under the hill.