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Re:Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaw... by userbinator on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:34AM (#16138413)
AFAIK all x86 processors start in real mode.

Intel tried making a 386 variant with only protected mode a long time ago, and it didn't sell very well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80376

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Re:Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaw... by makomk on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:07AM (#16139278)
32-bit protected mode only, but with all support for paging and virtual memory removed? I can see why that combination never really caught on.
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Re:Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaw... by Crontab on Saturday January 13, 2018 @09:57AM (#16139815)
They made it from 1989 to 2001 so it must have been okay for the embedded market that it targeted.
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Re:Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaw... by sebazzz on Saturday January 13, 2018 @03:51AM (#16138802)
It might have a better chance these days, with UEFI becoming the default.
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Re:Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaw... by colejohnson66 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:14AM (#16138997)
Rumor is Intel is trying to get rid of the BIOS and just start the processor in protected mode
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