• Simple upgrade lets 80386 svstems use i486

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 18 19:48:21 2024
    https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ElectronicignV39N0519910314_84303651/page/n75/mode/1up

    A performance boost of up to 290% for systems currently
    using the full 32-bit 80386DX microprocessor from
    Intel Corp. is now possible by substituting the more
    powerful i486 processor. However, rather than redesign
    the entire system motherboard to use a new chip set and go
    through the component requalification process, existing
    i386-based systems can be modified with the addition of
    about seven active components to accept the i486 processor
    and run in the non-burst mode. The cost of the modification
    is about $30, not counting the cost of the new CPU.
    Benchmark performance comparisons between

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