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Intel data bus of Intel 80486 and above CPUs

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Mar 15, 2026502 views
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Why do Intel 80486 and above CPUs have a double 32-bit internal data bus? ALU is still 32 bits wide, so what is the extra 32-bit bus for?

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Fix for: Intel data bus of Intel 80486 and above CPUs

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It's for floating point/MMX/SSE data movement.

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