x86 cpus' Guide - From 8086 to Core i7 !

Cpus are really fascinating for computers fans : it is central piece of every PC, and so, the most important.
However, this enthusiasm for cpus faslty disapear once they're a little old : last released cpus are admirated, but oldest are subjects of jeerings. Because, the symbol of power that cpus represents, grows old very bad.
And that's why, there are only a few people who collects cpus, unlike stamps, coins or even beer bottle caps...
Nevertheless, it is far from being without interest, because of large number of different models, because of their difference and because of their very fast evolution : the oldest cpus, Intel 4004 was released 50 years ago, and the first x86, the 8086 in 1978, but they have quite no common points with the latest Core i9 or Ryzen...

This site is trying, on the first hand, to enumerate all different existing models of x86 cpus (see Search menu), to make you discover their history, their characteriscs and their visual or electronical specificities (see History menu), and on the other hand to put online different collector's collection, with now 23401 different cpus.

News

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Home page updated

Home page, and more precisely the News section, has been completely redesigned in order to be more readable and more modern. News are now all display in date order, whatever their category, with some pciturs to illustrate. It is also now possible to browse directly all the oldest news, with a little menu, while before, only 9 news for each categroy were displayed. Therefore, "Archives" sections of the "Miscellanous" menu, is now useless and has been deleted

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New banner on the right

A new banner has been added on the right, with a photo a link to a "Processor of the day", chosen randomly, a top 5 of the most visited cpus on the site, a top 5 of the most sold cpus on EBay, and the list of the most powerfuls cpus from Intel & AMD, for each categories in Desktop, Mobile & Server. And for those who orders on the site, a shopping basket reminder will pop-up on the top of the right banner, with a button to pay directly on Paypal

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New menu

The website menu has been improved to be more readable, by separating x86s from other architectures. Indeed, there was so much different manufacturers of different kind of chips, that the menu went too big for an normal display (I mean, full HD) and it was mandatory to divide it. Also, Peripherals & Support" chips database menu access has been added.

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Peripherals and support chips database opening for users