The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed ... “If [Intel] management had any inkling that this architecture would live on through many generations and into today ...

the Intel 8086 microprocessor’s impact is undeniable. More than just a piece of silicon, the Intel 8086 changed the industry and laid the foundation for the x86 architecture that still powers ...

Intel launched the original 8086 microprocessor -- the grandfather of every x86 CPU ever built, including the ones we use now. This, it must be noted, is more or less the opposite outcome of what ...

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 ...