Part 4: 486
The Previous Part
The previous part provided a detailed description of the 386 processor, the baseline ancestor of the IA32 processor family. It consists of the following chapters:
“386 Real Mode Operation” on page 39.
“Protected Mode Introduction” on page 103.
“Intro to Segmentation in Protected Mode” on page 109.
“Code Segments” on page 133.
“Data and Stack Segments” on page 157.
“Creating a Task” on page 171.
“Mechanics of a Task Switch” on page 191.
“386 Demand Mode Paging” on page 209.
“The Flat Model” on page 247.
“Interrupts and Exceptions” on page 251.
“Virtual 8086 Mode” on page 329.
“The Debug Registers” on page 375.
This Part
This part provides an introduction to the 486 processor's hardware design. The 486 was the first IA32 processor ...
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