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Microarchitecture is defined as those elements of a CPU design which are, to first order, invisible to application programmers (ie, not part of the instruction set). Those elements which are visible comprise the [[architecture]].
Microarchitecture is defined as those elements of a CPU design which are, to first order, invisible to application programmers (ie, not part of the instruction set). Those elements which are visible comprise the [[architecture]].
{| class="wikitable"
|+ x86 Microarchitectures
! Microarchitecture
! Maker
! Process (min)
! ALU bits
! Addr bits
|-
| 8086
| Intel
| 3.2 μm
| 16
| 20
|-
|}

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Microarchitecture is defined as those elements of a CPU design which are, to first order, invisible to application programmers (ie, not part of the instruction set). Those elements which are visible comprise the architecture.

x86 Microarchitectures
Microarchitecture Maker Process (min) ALU bits Addr bits
8086 Intel 3.2 μm 16 20