I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

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 ...

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Forty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC—Windows, Mac, or Linux—produced today. The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 ...

We dive into the history of Intel CPUs and the x86 architecture. From the very first microprocessor, through to the father of modern CPUs. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

A legend was born Intel introduced the iconic 8086 microprocessor on June 8, 1978, laying the groundwork for a revolution in personal computing that would unfold over the following decades. The 8086 ...

The two largest manufacturers of the microprocessor chips that were used in the early personal computers incorporated the IEEE standard in their design; these were Intel (whose chips were used by IBM ...

Card-based computers keep getting more powerful, unless you’re Matt Millman. Because this chap has decided to build an Arduino-style board that’s powered by a giant of computing history – Intel’s 8086 ...