What Does Intel 8086 Mean?
The Intel 8086 was a 16-bit processor developed by Intel starting in 1976 and released on June 9, 1978. It gave rise to the x86 architecture and began the long line of the most successful CPU architecture in the world. It had a 16-bit data bus, 64 KB I/O ports, a 20-bit external bus, and it ran as fast as 10 MHz.
Techopedia Explains Intel 8086
The Intel 8086 can be considered as the grand daddy of all CPUs running in desktop machines today, whether it is a PC or a MAC. Most major Intel processors for the desktop today still retain the Intel x86 architecture at their heart, running as a “virtual 8086” mode.
