The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98. (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 minimum was ...

Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped Kernel 6.15 is taking shape and it looks like it will eliminate support for Intel's 486 chip and its ...

Ah yes, there had been 486 mainboards with both an on-board 386 (say am386DX-40) and a free 486 socket. They were affordable complete systems with an upgrade path.

Intel has considered divesting its network and edge businesses as the chipmaker looks to shave off parts of the company its new chief executive does not see as crucial, three sources familiar with ...

Intel considers divesting network and edge group New CEO aims to focus on PC and data center chips instead No deal process or bids sought yet for NEX group, sources say TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO/NEW ...

Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, said he wants brutal customer feedback to address recent shortcomings. Tan's appointment follows Pat Gelsinger's departure in December. Tan said that Intel plans to ...

Debian Linux discontinued 386 support in 2005 and completely removed it in 2007. The Linux kernel followed suit in 2012, despite Linux’s original development on 386 and 486 machines.

RIP, 486 processor. You've had a long run since Intel released you back in 1989. While Microsoft stopped supporting you with the release of Windows XP in 2001, Linux kept you alive and well for ...

More significant improvement in the processing capacity of computers over that of the previous Intel 386 (introduced in 1985). In addition, the 486 processor was the first to offer a built-in math ...

The aging 386 had already been replaced by the 486 by the time Windows 3.x hit in the early '90s, but it still would have been common in offices and on desks, and it was still the CPU that lots of ...

Intel’s incoming chief executive plans to revamp the embattled tech giant’s chipmaking operations and slash jobs to better compete with industry rivals, according to a report. Lip-Bu Tan, a ...