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8086Introduced in 1978, the Intel CPU chip that defined the base architecture of the x86 family. Although the 8086 was used in some PCs, its 8088 brother was the one chosen for the IBM PC. See 8088 and x86.
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On May 5, Van Fleet
redesignated the Attrition Section as the Miscellaneous Group, 8086 Army
Unit, or 8086 AU, "to develop and direct partisan warfare. "From the 8086 to today's Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
processor, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) and Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile
technology, the Intel Architecture has brought the benefits of digital
intelligence to people around the world, making it the most successful
computer architecture in the history of computing," said Pat
Gelsinger, Intel senior vice president and chief technology officer. In addition to serial
communication controllers for USB, Ethernet and Controller Area Network
(CAN), development solutions for turbocharged 8086 and 80186, and the
V8-(micron)RISC(TM) 8-bit CPU are also available. |
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