The chip titan proposed last year that it was about time to introduce a slimmed-down, 64-bit-only version of the x86 architecture, which Intel created alongside the famous 8086 chip back in the 1970s.

Intel releases X86S instruction set version 1.2, ... In its previous blog, Intel claimed that remnants from the 8086 and 386 eras have become unnecessary in our 64-bit world.

Companies can license the instruction set and create their own CPU designs or license one of Arm's ready-made Cortex CPU core designs to incorporate into their own chips.