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What is x86?

x86 is a family of instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel. It is the most widely used instruction set architecture in personal computers and servers. x86 processors are used in a wide variety of devices, ranging from embedded systems to supercomputers, and are known for their backward compatibility.

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What other technologies are related to x86?

x86 Competitor Technologies

ARM

ARM is a different CPU architecture that competes with x86 in various markets, particularly mobile and embedded systems.

mentioned alongside x86 in 12% (5.7k) of relevant job posts

MIPS

MIPS is a different CPU architecture that competes with x86 in some embedded and other markets.

mentioned alongside x86 in 32% (1k) of relevant job posts

68k

68k is a different CPU architecture, although less relevant today it was a competitor to x86 in the past.

mentioned alongside x86 in 97% (185) of relevant job posts

PowerPC

PowerPC is a different CPU architecture that competes with x86 in some server and embedded applications.

mentioned alongside x86 in 28% (583) of relevant job posts

SPARC

SPARC is a different CPU architecture that competes with x86 in some server and embedded applications.

mentioned alongside x86 in 39% (284) of relevant job posts

RISC-V

RISC-V is an open-source CPU architecture that is a competitor to x86.

mentioned alongside x86 in 12% (847) of relevant job posts

ARM64

ARM64 (AArch64) is the 64-bit architecture extension of ARM and competes with x86_64.

mentioned alongside x86 in 21% (116) of relevant job posts

x86 Complementary Technologies

x64

x64 (also known as x86-64 or AMD64) is the 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set. It's strongly complementary because it extends the x86 architecture.

mentioned alongside x86 in 81% (605) of relevant job posts

ASLR

ASLR is a security technique used in operating systems running on x86 and other architectures. It helps mitigate memory-based attacks.

mentioned alongside x86 in 49% (236) of relevant job posts

Ghidra

Ghidra is a reverse engineering tool that supports x86 (and other architectures) for analyzing compiled binaries.

mentioned alongside x86 in 13% (802) of relevant job posts