Geek Fact for October 17th

By Judy Novotny / 10/17/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1985, Intel introduced the 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip.

The 80386 microcomputer chip the was first Intel/*86 chip to handle 32-bit data sets and was backwards compatible with previous generations of 80×86 CPUs.

Learn more at http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/80386/index.html.

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Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.