Manufacturers

x86 x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant. The 8086 was introd ...

-compatible processors have been designed, manufactured and sold by a number of companies, including:

x86-processors for regular
PCs A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or techn ...

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufactur ...

Zhaoxin Zhaoxin (Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd.; , ) is a fabless semiconductor company, created in 2013 as a joint venture between VIA Technologies and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The company manufactures x86-compatible desktop and lap ...

In the past: *

Transmeta Transmeta Corporation was an American fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California. It developed low power x86 compatible microprocessors based on a VLIW core and a software layer called Code Morphing Software. Code Morphing So ...

(discontinued its x86 line) *

Rise Technology Rise Technology was a short lived microprocessor manufacturer that produced the Intel x86 MMX compatible mP6 processor. The mP6 was a microprocessor that was designed to perform a smaller number of types of computer instructions so that it can o ...

(acquired by SiS, that sold its x86 (embedded) line to DM&P) * IDT (

Centaur Technology Centaur Technology is an x86 CPU design company started in 1995 and subsequently a wholly owned subsidiary of VIA Technologies. In 2015, the documentary ''Rise of the Centaur'' covered the early history of the company. History Centaur Technolog ...

x86 division acquired by VIA) *

Cyrix Cyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors. The company was founded by Tom Brightman and Jerry Rogers. In 19 ...

(acquired by National Semiconductor) *

National Semiconductor National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The company produced power management integrated circuits, display drive ...

(sold the x86 PC designs to VIA and later the x86 embedded designs to AMD) *

NexGen NexGen (Milpitas, California) was a private semiconductor company that designed x86 microprocessors until it was purchased by AMD in 1996. NexGen was a fabless design house that designed its chips but relied on other companies for production. N ...

(acquired by AMD) * Chips and Technologies (acquired by Intel) *

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globall ...

(discontinued its own x86 line) * IBM (discontinued its own x86 line) * UMC (discontinued its x86 line) *

NEC is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...

(discontinued its x86 line) *VM Technology (discontinued its x86 line) *

VIA Via or VIA may refer to the following: Science and technology * MOS Technology 6522, Versatile Interface Adapter * ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae * Via (electronics), a through-connection * VIA Technologies, a Taiwan ...

x86-processors for embedded designs only

*DM&P Electronics (continues SiS' Vortex86 line) *ZF Micro ZFx86, Cx486DX SoC *RDC Semiconductors 486SX compatible RISC core (R8610 and R8620) *DP Kwazar SP (ДП КВАЗАР-ІС) - As of December 2021, КР1810ВМ86 (Soviet 8086 clone) still appears on Kwazar's price list. In the past: *

ALi ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

(x86 products went to Nvidia through the

ULi Uli may refer to: *Uli, Iran, a village *Uli, Anambra, a town in Nigeria *Uli I of Mali *Uli (design), by the Igbo people of Nigeria *Uli figure, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea *Uli (food), a rice-based food * ISO 639 code for the Ulithian lang ...

sale) *

Nvidia Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...

(M6117C - 386SX embedded microcontroller) *Auctor / ACC Micro - Maple SoC (Cx486DX4 core at 100-133 Mhz) *Advantech - EVA-X4150 and EVA-X4300 (SoCs with 486SX-compatible processors at 150MHz and 300MHz, respectively) *Innovasic - pin-compatible 80186/80188 clones *Vadem - VG230 and VG330 (SoCs with

NEC V30 The NEC V20 is a microprocessor that was designed and produced by NEC. It is both pin compatible and object code compatible with the Intel 8088, with an instruction set architecture (ISA) similar to that of the Intel 80188 with some extension ...

CPU cores, manufacturing continued by Amphus) * SiS (sold its Vortex86 line to DM&P) *

Intersil Intersil is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Milpitas, California. As of February 24, 2017, Intersil is a subsidiary of Renesas. The previous Intersil was formed in August 1999 through the acquisition of the semiconductor busin ...

(x86 line, that is up to 80286 compatible, discontinued) *VAutomation - offered synthesizable x86 cores, in particular the Turbo 186, that has been implemented in ASICs from numerous vendors, e.g. **

Zoran Corporation Zoran Corporation was a multinational digital technology company, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, that was predominantly focused on designing and selling SoC (System on a Chip) integrated circuits for consumer electronic ...

: Vaddis 6 ** Genesis Microchip Inc: GM1601 ** Lantronix: DSTni-EX, DSTni-LX ** Synergetic: EC-1

Open source x86 cores

*ao486 open source FPGA implementation of the 486SX (currently targets the Terasic Altera DE2-115) *S80186 open source 80186 compatible FPGA implementation *

Zet Zet or ZET may refer to: * Zagrebački električni tramvaj, Zagreb Electric Tram, public transport operator in Zagreb, Croatia * Zet (hardware), a clone x86 processor * Radio ZET, Polish radio station *Association of the Polish Youth "Zet", pre-19 ...

open source 80186 compatible FPGA implementation targeting th
Xilinx ML403
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Altera DE1

x86-SoCs for mobile devices

* Rockchip (Intel SoFIA) * Spreadtrum (Intel SoFIA)

Manufacturing-only of x86-processors designed by others

* GlobalFoundries (manufactures processors for AMD) * IBM (manufactures processors for ZF Micro and VIA; discontinued production for NexGen and Transmeta) *

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semicon ...

(manufactures processors for AMD and VIA; discontinued production for Transmeta) *

Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

(manufactures processors for VIA; manufactured processors for Transmeta) In the past: * UMC (manufactured processors for Rise, SiS, ALi, ULi and Nvidia; discontinued x86 production) *

(manufactured processors for ZF Micro; discontinued x86 production) * DEC (manufactured 486 processors for AMD; discontinued x86 production)

Manufactured and sold under its own name of x86-processors designed by others

Early Intel x86 CPU designs (up to the 80286) have in the past been second-sourced by the following manufacturers under licence from Intel:CPU Galerie - Prozessoren
/ref> Manufacturers that have served as second sources for other x86 CPUs include:

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References

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