Download or read book Computer Architecture and Programming of the Intel X86 Family written by Patrick Stakem and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to computer architecture hardware and software, presented in the context of the Intel x86 family. The x86 describes not only a line of microprocessor chips dating back to 1978, but also an instruction set architecture (ISA) that the chips implement. The chip families were built by Intel and other manufacturers, and execute the same instructions, but in different manners. The results are the same, arithmetically and logically, but may differ in their timing. This book covers the Intel ISA-16 and ISA-32 architectures from the 8086/8088 to the Pentium, including the math coprocessors. A chart of ISA processors is included.