INTEL 80x86 : what do you think about that complicated processor ?
 

Hello all,

I wrote a page describing quickly the Intel 80x86 family.
I would like your opinion about it and also what I could add usefull to it.

Thanks

http://programmershouse.ifrance.com/...ics/intel.html

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INTEL 80x86 :

INTEL 80x86 is a very complex and badly conceived processor.
But you will find it on most desktops...because Intel has a lot of money and makes good commercial ads.

GENERAL REGISTERS :
EAX Accumulator
EBX Base
ECX Loop Counter
EDX Datas
ESI Source Index
EDI Dest. Index
ESP Stack Pointer
EBP Base Pointer

SEGMENT REGISTERS :
CS Code Segment
DS Data Seg
ES Extra Data Seg
FS Extra Data Seg
GS Extra Data Seg
SS Stack Seg

OTHER REGISTERS :
EIP Instr Pointer
EFLAGS

There are many Adressing Modes... very useless.

Memory Management is a nightmare.

LINKS :

IA-32 Intel? Architecture Software Developer?s Manual
IA-32 Intel? Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 2A
IA-32 Intel? Arxhitecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 2B

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i was always under the impression that the general registers didn't start with "E" unless you needed them to

and where are there little "high" and "low" registers (just makes things more complicated!) (ah, aL, bh, bl ..... etc etc etc etc) ....... or is that the later chips?

Yes you have to specify with or without E.
I think E has to do if it is 64 or 32 bits ?
I didnt write about H and L to simplify things, which are already complex.

i think its 32 bits, then 16, then 8 for the H and L

and for 64 bits ?

x86 chips have no general purpose 64-bit registers

wrong : look at http://www.faculty.iu-bremen.de/birk...chitecture.htm