As simple as a processor’s instruction set may seem, especially in a 1978-era one like the Intel 8086, there is quite a bit going on to go from something like a conditional jump instruction to a set ...
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Hobbyist builds an Intel 8086 ISA accelerator card
Era-appropriate TRW MPY12HJ 12×12 parallel multiplier chip grabs the MUL instructions from the CPU, but requires code changes ...
In the 1970s CPUs still had wildly different approaches to basic features, with the Intel 8086 being one of them. Whereas the 6502 used separate circuits for operations, and the Intel 8085 a clump of ...
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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 ...
Would you believe that you can take a relatively-modern Intel or AMD computer and install regular old MS-DOS on it? Well, you can (depending somewhat on the machine). Doing so will utterly waste the ...
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