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by jart 319 days ago
8.8 percent of Firefox users have 32-bit systems. It's probably mostly people with a 32-bit install of Windows 7 rather than people who actually have an old 32-bit Intel chip like Prescott. Intel also sold 32-bit chips like Intel Quark inside Intel Galileo boards up until about 2020. https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware

People still buy 16-bit i8086 and i80186 microprocessors too. Particularly for applications like defense, aerospace, and other critical systems where they need predictable timing, radiation hardening, and don't have the resources to get new designs verified. https://www.digikey.at/en/products/detail/rochester-electron...