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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 03:18:18 EDT
- From: <FWR100@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92233.031818FWR100@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: What is the difference between DX and SX?
- References: <sehari.713896990@vincent1.iastate.edu>
- Lines: 24
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- In article <sehari.713896990@vincent1.iastate.edu>, sehari@iastate.edu (Babak
- Sehari) says:
- >What is the difference between a DX and a SX specification for 386 and
- >486?! Usually, SX means 16 bit bus structure and DX means 32 bits bus
- >structure. However, any 386 or 486 can address the memory in either
- >8,16, or 32 bits bus structure.
-
- 386 DX - 32 bit external bus
- 386 SX - 16 bit external bus
- 486 DX - 32 bit ext. bus, 8K onboard cache, math co-processor
- 486 SX - 32 bix ext. bus, 8K onboard cache, no math co-processor
-
- Internally, all these chips use a 32-bit data path. The addressing
- scheme is backwardly compatible with 80286,8088,etc.
-
- >By the way, is there any difference between a 386 and 486 except that
- >486 has some catch memory inside chip?
-
- The 486 has (basically) the same instruction set as the 386, but it can
- perform the instructions in fewer clock cycles. This is why a 25MHz 486
- will generally outperform a 33MHz 386. Also the 486DX includes the
- 80387 math coprocessor on the chip.
-
- -Frank
-