For the CISC 8086 CPU this is detailed in a recent article by [Ken Shirriff], which covers exactly how the instructions with their parameters are broken down into micro-instructions using ...

Another important feather in Paterson's cap is that he designed the S-100 board, creating one of the first Intel 8086 computer systems. Of course, this was before the IBM PC era (the first IBM PC ...

The Intel Core i7-8086 Anniversary Edition CPU, which boosts to 5GHz, will be on sale soon. The binned 8700K CPU made its first appearance on June 8, lining up with the 40th anniversary of its ...

The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the center of whatever computer—Windows, Mac, or Linux—you ...

For any given processor it’s generally easy to find a statistic on the number of transistors used to construct it, with the famous Intel 8086 CPU generally said to contain 29,000 transistors.… ...

But what if, like me, you want to go back even further, to the age-old days of the 8086? There's a laptop for you too. The Pocket 8086 comes with an NEC V20 8086 CPU, which can run at up to 10MHz ...

The 8086 was a solid CPU core built by intelligent architects backed up by a strong marketing campaign. The computer revolution it helped to launch, on the other hand, transformed the world.

AMD one-ups Intel with free Threadripper upgrade for 8086 competition winners Intel gives a (pleasant) response to AMD's cheeky CPU trade-in offer ...

The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on computer kits based on the then-new 8086 CPU from Intel. It was eventually purchased by Microsoft to equip the "secret ...

Intel is also committed to getting as many people in on the celebration too, and it is giving away 8,086 of the new Core i7 Anniversary CPU on its site.