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The term x86 is typically limited to 16 and 32-bit cpus. Cpus that have 64-bit extensions to x86 compatible cpus are commonly known as x86-64. Computer systems are considered to be x86 architecture systems if they are opcode compatible with Intel x86 cpus even when employing cpus by manufacturers such as Cyrix and AMD. X86 now has the X87 coprocessor (FPU) intergrated </p>    </div><div class="mw-category-generated" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div id="mw-subcategories"> <h2>Subcategories</h2> <p>This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. </p><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="mw-category mw-category-columns"><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>B</h3> <ul><li><a href="/Category:BIOS" title="Category:BIOS">BIOS</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>C</h3> <ul><li><a href="/Category:CPU_Registers" title="Category:CPU Registers">CPU Registers</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>I</h3> <ul><li><a href="/Category:Interrupts" title="Category:Interrupts">Interrupts</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>P</h3> <ul><li><a href="/Category:Power_management" title="Category:Power management">Power management</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>U</h3> <ul><li><a href="/Category:UEFI" 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