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for all subsequent enhancements to the x86 (IA-32) architecture, although many of those enhancements, such as added instructions and new registers, also brought benefits to the real mode.

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The first x86 processor, the Intel 8086, had a 20-bit address bus for its memory, as did its Intel 8088 variant. This allowed them to access 2²⁰ bytes

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