what is x86

[the blue devel]

what does x86 mean iver heard of a intel processer called a i x386 or 286 or something like that and the next gen consoles are based on a x86 arcitecture what does that mean

 

[Devballs]

x64 is 64 bit platform while x86 is 32bit platform.

 

[Hawkeye22]

x86 is the CPU architecture and instruction set.

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86

 

[niki9]

X86 is a instruction set architectures for intel microprocessor. 80286 and 80386 are intel targeted processors implementing these x86 instruction set.