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  13 <H1>Chapter 1 -- Introduction to the 80386</H1>
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  15 The 80386 is an advanced 32-bit microprocessor optimized for multitasking
  16 operating systems and designed for applications needing very high
  17 performance. The 32-bit registers and data paths support 32-bit addresses
  18 and data types. The processor can address up to four gigabytes of physical
  19 memory and 64 terabytes (2^(46) bytes) of virtual memory. The on-chip
  20 memory-management facilities include address translation registers,
  21 advanced multitasking hardware, a protection mechanism, and paged virtual
  22 memory. Special debugging registers provide data and code breakpoints even
  23 in ROM-based software.
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  26 <A HREF="s01_02.htm">1.2  Related Literature</A><BR>
  27 <A HREF="s01_03.htm">1.3  Notational Conventions</A><BR>
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