| Year | Release Date | SW / CPU |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | June, 1979 | Intel 8088 CPU |
| 1982 | February, 1982 | Intel 80286 CPU |
| 1982 | Q1 1982 | AMD D8086 |
| February, 1982 | A80286-8 | |
| 1983 | March, 1983 | IBM Personal Computer XT |
| May, 1983 | MS DOS 2.1 | |
| 1984 | ||
| 1985 | April 1985 | MS DOS 3.0 |
| 1985 | October 1985 | 80386 CPU |
| November 1985 | Windows 1.0 | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | December 1987 | Windows 2.0 |
| December 1987 | OS/2 Operating System | |
| 1988 | February 1988 | MS DOS 3.3 |
| 1989 | April 1989 | MS DOS 4.1 |
| April 1989 | 80486 CPU | |
| 1990 | May 1990 | Windows 3.0 |
| 1991 | March 1991 | AMD AM386 |
| June 1991 | MS DOS 5.0 | |
| September 1991 | Linux | |
| 1992 | February 1992 | AMD AM486DX – 33Mhz |
| March 1992 | Cyrix Cx486SLC | |
| April 1992 | Windows 3.1 | |
| April 1992 | OS/2 2.0 | |
| November 1992 | 80486 DX2 CPU | |
| 1993 | March 1993 | MS DOS 6.0 |
| March 1993 | Pentium CPU | |
| May 1993 | Cyrix Cx486S | |
| September 1993 | Cyrix Cx486DX-33 / DX2 | |
| November 1993 | Windows 3.11 | |
| 1994 | March 1994 | 80486 DX4 CPU |
| June 1994 | MS DOS 6.22 | |
| September 1994 | AMD AM486-DX100 | |
| October 1994 | OS/2 Warp | |
| 1995 | November 1995 | AMD 5×86 133Mhz |
| February 1995 | Pentium Overdrive CPU | |
| June 1995 | AMD AM486-DX120 | |
| June 1995 | Cyrix 5×86 Series | |
| August 1995 | Windows 95 | |
| September 1995 | Cyrix Cx486DX4 | |
| October 1995 | Cyrix 6×86 Series | |
| 1996 | March 1996 | AMD PR75/PR100 (K5) |
| October 1996 | Pentium MMX CPU | |
| 1997 | February 1997 | Cyrix MediaGX |
| April 1997 | AMD K6 Series | |
| May 1997 | Pentium II CPU | |
| Cyrix PR 6×86 Series | ||
| 1998 | April 1998 | Intel Celeron Series |
| May 1998 | AMD K6-2 Series | |
| June 1998 | Windows 98 | |
| 1999 | May 1999 | Windows 98SE |
| February 1999 | Pentium III CPU | |
| February 1999 | AMD K6-3 Series (K6) | |
| June 1999 | AMD K7 Series | |
| 2000 | February 2000 | Windows 2000 |
| February 2000 | Cyrix M3 Series | |
| November 2000 | Pentium 4 CPU | |
| June 2000 | AMD Duron (K7) | |
| 2000 | September 2000 | Windows ME |
| 2001 | March 2001 | Via C3 Series |
| June 2001 | AMD Athlon MP (K7) | |
| October 2001 | Windows XP | |
| 2002 | ||
| 2003 | September 2003 | AMD Athlon 64 (K8) |
| January 2004 | ReactOS | |
| 2004 | August 2004 | Windows XP SP2 |
| October 2004 | Ubuntu 4.10 | |
| 2005 | May 2005 | Pentium D CPU |
| May 2005 | AMD Athlon X2 | |
| May 2005 | Via C7 Series | |
| 2006 | July 2006 | Core2Duo CPU |
| 2007 | January 2007 | Windows Vista |
| January 2007 | Pentium Dual Core CPU | |
| November 2007 | AMD Phenom 64 (K8) | |
| 2008 | January 2008 | Core2Quad CPU |
| April 2008 | Intel Atom CPU | |
| April 2008 | Windows XP SP3 | |
| December 2008 | AMD Phenom II | |
| October 2009 | Windows 7 | |
| October 2009 | AMD Athlon II X4 (K10) | |
| January 2010 | Intel i3-350/i5 450 | |
| June 2011 | ChromeOS | |
| October 2012 | Windows 8 |