The Intel 8088 (and its big brother 8086) processor was among the first microprocessors to implement (instruction) prefetching in hardware, which [Ken Shirriff] has analyzed based on die images ...

You’d think that the 8086 microprocessor, a 40-year-old chip with a mere 29,000 transistors on board that kicked off the 16-bit PC revolution, would have no more tales left to tell. But as [Ken ...

MS-DOS Correspondent Kevin Lipe reporting again from the trailing edge of computing. When I was last with you, we discussed ...

A year later, in 2018, Intel celebrated the 40th anniversary of its iconic 8086 processor by launching the limited edition Core i7-8086K. This 6-core/12-thread CPU was Intel's first to reach a 5.0 ...

This button was commonly found on PCs during the 1980s and early 1990s, particularly after the release of the original Intel 8086 processor, which operated at 4.77 MHz. At that time, many software ...

An operational state in an Intel CPU that allows it to perform as multiple 8086/8088 CPUs, which was the architecture of the first x86 chip. Virtual 8086 Mode divides the computer into multiple ...

Four decades ago at CES 1985, the Commodore 128 debuted. It sold just a few million units compared to 17 million for the Commodore 64 — the era of 8 ...

A computer that uses a CPU from Intel, such as a Core, Xeon or Pentium chip. Also known as an "x86-based system." The x86 designation comes from the first PC, which used the Intel 8086 chip.