AMD 486
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The AMD 486 is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by Advanced Micro Devices as a cost-effective and widely used alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| AMD 486 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7032991 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AMD 486 Context triple: [Intel 80486, notableCompetitor, AMD 486]
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A.
Cyrix 486
The Cyrix 486 was a line of x86-compatible microprocessors designed by Cyrix as a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
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B.
Intel 80486
The Intel 80486 is a fourth-generation x86 microprocessor that integrated an FPU and cache on-chip, significantly improving performance over earlier 386 CPUs and becoming a popular processor for early 1990s personal computers.
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C.
AMD K6-2
The AMD K6-2 is a late-1990s x86-compatible microprocessor known for introducing 3DNow! SIMD instructions and offering strong budget performance against Intel’s Pentium II.
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D.
Intel 80386
The Intel 80386 is a 32-bit x86 microprocessor that marked a major evolution in PC computing by introducing protected mode, virtual memory support, and hardware multitasking capabilities.
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E.
Intel Pentium 90
The Intel Pentium 90 is an early fifth-generation x86 microprocessor, clocked at 90 MHz, that helped popularize the original Pentium line for desktop PCs in the mid-1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AMD 486 Target entity description: The AMD 486 is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by Advanced Micro Devices as a cost-effective and widely used alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
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A.
Cyrix 486
The Cyrix 486 was a line of x86-compatible microprocessors designed by Cyrix as a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
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B.
Intel 80486
The Intel 80486 is a fourth-generation x86 microprocessor that integrated an FPU and cache on-chip, significantly improving performance over earlier 386 CPUs and becoming a popular processor for early 1990s personal computers.
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C.
AMD K6-2
The AMD K6-2 is a late-1990s x86-compatible microprocessor known for introducing 3DNow! SIMD instructions and offering strong budget performance against Intel’s Pentium II.
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D.
Intel 80386
The Intel 80386 is a 32-bit x86 microprocessor that marked a major evolution in PC computing by introducing protected mode, virtual memory support, and hardware multitasking capabilities.
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E.
Intel Pentium 90
The Intel Pentium 90 is an early fifth-generation x86 microprocessor, clocked at 90 MHz, that helped popularize the original Pentium line for desktop PCs in the mid-1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Intel 80486-compatible CPU
ⓘ
microprocessor family ⓘ x86-compatible microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brand | Am486 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| busWidth | 32-bit external data bus ⓘ |
| cacheType | on-chip L1 cache ⓘ |
| clockSpeedRange | 25 MHz to 120 MHz ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Intel 80486
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 3.x NERFINISHED ⓘ early Windows 95 systems ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith | Intel 80486 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| familyMember |
Am486DX
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Am486DX2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Am486DX4 ⓘ Am486SV8 ⓘ Am486SX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant | AMD 5x86 (as successor in same market segment) ⓘ |
| instructionSet | IA-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedAs | cost-effective alternative to Intel 80486 ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| L1CacheSize |
16 KB
ⓘ
8 KB ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Advanced Micro Devices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketPosition | low-cost 486-class CPU ⓘ |
| mathCoprocessor |
integrated FPU in DX models
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no integrated FPU in SX models ⓘ |
| microarchitecture | 486-class CISC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
undercutting Intel 486 prices
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widespread use in budget 486 PCs ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | lower than many contemporary Intel 486 parts ⓘ |
| processTechnology | CMOS ⓘ |
| socket |
Socket 2
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Socket 3 ⓘ |
| successor | AMD 5x86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
32-bit protected mode
ⓘ
math coprocessor (in DX models) ⓘ on-chip cache write-back (in some models) ⓘ paging ⓘ virtual 8086 mode ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
desktop PCs
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value-oriented OEM systems ⓘ |
| technologyNodeRange | 0.8 µm to 0.35 µm (depending on model) ⓘ |
| usedIn | IBM PC compatible computers ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: AMD 486 Description of subject: The AMD 486 is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by Advanced Micro Devices as a cost-effective and widely used alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.