microprocessor family

A microprocessor family is a group of closely related microprocessors that share a common architecture, instruction set, and design philosophy, enabling software and hardware compatibility across multiple processor models and generations.

Aliases (7)

• CPU family ×1
• Intel microarchitecture family ×1
• server processor family ×1
• x86 microarchitecture-based CPU family ×1
• x86 microprocessor line ×1
• x86-64 processor family ×1
• x86-family processor ×1

Instances (16)

• AMD processors
• Intel Xeon
• Intel 8086 ("x86-family processor")
• Intel Atom
• Intel Pentium
• Intel Celeron
• Intel Core processor family
• Motorola 88000 family
• Motorola 68000 family
• PowerPC G4