Forty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC—Windows, Mac, or Linux—produced today.

An 8086 from 1978 and a Core i7-8700K are both CPUs, just as a Model T and 2018 Toyota are both cars -- but they don't exactly share much beyond that most basic classification.

As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. Indeed, even the original … ...

What does Virtual 8086 Mode actually mean? ... 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.

The x86 is a computer architecture for central processing units, derived from the Intel 8086 chip, first released in 1978.

Intel proposes the x86-S architecture for a simpler, more efficient CPU instruction set It's finally the end of the x86-compatible PC as we know it. By Alfonso Maruccia May 22, 2023, 7:37 16 comments ...

Happy 42nd Anniversary to the Original Intel 8086 and the x86 Architecture. Happy 40th birthday to one of the most important CPUs ever built -- and the beginning of the PC revolution.