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From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon)
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Subject: Re: 386, 386SX, 386DX
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Date: 24 May 91 01:39:03 GMT
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rcitek@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU writes:

>What is the difference among the 386 chips?
>Is there a 386 chip or only a 386SX and 386DX?
>Thanks for any and all help.

	"386" means the family of 386 chips, which include the 386DX and
386SX.  The DX is the "normal" chip, which can run at speeds of 20, 25,
33, and (recently) 40 MHz.  The SX is a "wounded" version of the DX.  The
SX has only a 16-bit external data path, as compared to the DX's 32 bits.
The SX can run at speeds of 16 and 20 MHz.

John