Zet is a clone
x86 architecture microprocessor that is
machine code
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–compatible with
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 intr ...
processors, developed as an effort to make an open-hardware CPU.
The hardware design can be synthesized in a configurable device such an FPGA, CPLD, or on a custom ASIC, and is considered to be an
SoC.
As of now, the project only supports 16-bit, and is able to run
DOS
DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems.
DOS may also refer to:
Computing
* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel
* Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...
-compatible or
Windows
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3.x
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
s.
There has been no activity on the Zet project since 2013.
References
External links
Zet Processorzet86 at OpenCores
{{Soft microprocessors
Open microprocessors
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X86 architecture