Hello Greg, I think I got it.
When you say that Intel "retires some part number", you probably mean that Intel has stopped to talk about some architectures (or cpu families) in its official documentation. And "working entry" should mean that those cpu-families are still valid, at least conceptually, today. Furthermore, today's "part numbers"/architectures/cpu-families on Intel manuals are them of the QUARK family.
Finally, as for the book you suggested (Computer organization: hardware/software by Gorsline), the point is simply the fact that it talks about those "part numbers"/architectures/cpu-families that are not anymore on official Intel's documentation.
Cheers
prasnik@anche.no wrote:
today's "part numbers"/architectures/cpu-families on Intel manuals are them of the QUARK family.
Yes and no. Quark is geared toward makers and hobbyists, seems to basically be a 486 machine with some funky addons, and Intel has put a fair bit of effort into documenting it well.
The "regular" x86 platforms are geared toward the Windows market, and also used by the quickly emerging Chrome market. The Windows market has, just like x86 machines, a not insignificant structural legacy, and there is little to no useful documentation available unless you are an ODM who will turn over millions and millions of devices per year.
//Peter
Hello! Very good Peter. Prasnik, the summary that Peter gave is even better then I could arrange for. But I will add to it anyway.
The part numbers covered in that book are largely the ones that the Intel team behind the 8086 family were making and selling then. Its been a generation in people years and an untold number of them in computer years (times the machines have spent working for us) the part numbers we have now reflect all of that.
And as to what you stated there Peter: " Yes and no. Quark is geared toward makers and hobbyists, seems to basically be a 486 machine with some funky addons, and Intel has put a fair bit of effort into documenting it well.
The "regular" x86 platforms are geared toward the Windows market, and also used by the quickly emerging Chrome market. The Windows market has, just like x86 machines, a not insignificant structural legacy, and there is little to no useful documentation available unless you are an ODM who will turn over millions and millions of devices per year."
That goes along with what I just stated. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
prasnik@anche.no wrote:
today's "part numbers"/architectures/cpu-families on Intel manuals are them of the QUARK family.
Yes and no. Quark is geared toward makers and hobbyists, seems to basically be a 486 machine with some funky addons, and Intel has put a fair bit of effort into documenting it well.
The "regular" x86 platforms are geared toward the Windows market, and also used by the quickly emerging Chrome market. The Windows market has, just like x86 machines, a not insignificant structural legacy, and there is little to no useful documentation available unless you are an ODM who will turn over millions and millions of devices per year.
//Peter
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