The Intel 8088 (and its big brother 8086) processor was among the first microprocessors to implement (instruction) prefetching in hardware, which [Ken Shirriff] has analyzed based on die images ...

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 ...

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. Virtual 8086 Mode divides the computer into multiple ...

Structure and timing of typical microprocessors. Sample microprocessor families. Memories, UARTS, timer/counters, serial devices, and related devices. MUX and related control structures for building ...

The integrated chip greatly improved the use for transistors, but it could only do what it was originally programmed to do. It couldn't change programs, and it certainly couldn't remember anything ...

A few years ago we created a wallpaper to put on the Samsung Galaxy S8 for our review. Ever since, we’ve gotten an endless flood of people asking where they’re from and where they can get them.

Panels is introducing a new $2/mo subscription tier. Annoying ads are being removed from the wallpaper feed, but you can choose to watch short ads to unlock HD content. Permissions issues have ...

A computer that uses a microprocessor chip as its CPU. Essentially, all computers today are microprocessor based. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Shaquille O'Neal dominated the paint with the Lakers for 8 years, and now has his number hanging in the rafters at Crypto.com Arena.

We have tested and characterized our data center and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud inspired manycore microprocessor the 25-core Princeton Piton Processor which we have open sourced as the ...