Basics Of Microprocessor 80386
Intel has invented the first microprocessor in 1971 .It was of 4bits. after in 1972 intel introduced a 8 bit microprocessor.Intel use PMOS technology to build the microprocessor. After they developed the advanced version of a microprocessor 8080.it has some drawbacks so they invented the upgraded version of a 8080 as a 8085.
8086
microprocessor was developed in 1979 .it was a 16 bit and having 16
bit data bus with a 20 bit addressing bus. There after many versions
were updated of microprocessors.
Then
in 1985 intel came up with a 80386 microprocessor. It was a 32 bit
processor. 80386 support 32 bit data and address bus with a 4gb
physical memory and 64 gb virtual memory.
80386 was named as a 80386Dx. It operates in mainly three modes as follows:-
- Virtual mode.
- Protected mode
- Real address mode.
80386Dx
have a high performance and simple hardware design.
80386 have a signals as follows:-
- Interrupt interface signals
- Coprocessor interface signals
- DMA interface signals
- Memory i/o interface signals.
80386
have a registers set namely general purpose registers, segment
registers, control registers, test registers, system address
registers, flag registers, debug registers, index ,pointer and base
registers. It also have a multitasking support, page translation, memory managements, high speed bus interface. 80386dx also have a Descriptor tables. 80386 is very vast to study. Microprocessor is a very intresting subject to learn.