If Intel had cared about industry and customers, it had stopped production of both 8086/8086 in mid-80s (if it had left 8086 “die”) and instead start to license the V30/V20 chip designs from NEC.

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 of ...

The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the center of whatever computer—Windows, Mac, or Linux—you ...

The Intel Core i7-8086K comemorates the 40th Anniversary of the venerable Intel 8086 processor, ... Larger wafers are also in use today and the die used in the 8086K is about 3x larger.

8086 CPU die. Image by Wikipedia ... When sales of the 8086 began to slip in 1979, Intel made the decision to launch a massive marketing operation around the chip, dubbed Operation Crush ...

The Intel Core i7-8086K is disappointingly not the fastest Coffee Lake processor ever, but its immense overclocking capabilities will interest die hard enthusiasts. Why you can trust TechRadar We ...

As promised, Intel’s limited edition Core i7-8086K hit the streets on Friday, showing up at Newegg, Amazon, and Best Buy for $425. The Core i7-8086K was christened to honor the 40th anniversary ...

Video: Intel launches most powerful laptop chip eyeing content creation, VR, and gaming. To mark the 40-year anniversary of the Intel 8086 that powered the first IBM PC, Intel has announced the ...

AMD is offering anyone who wins one of Intel's Anniversary Edition Core-i7 CPUs a free trade-in for one of its own high-powered offerings, the Threadripper 1950x. With 16 cores and 32 threads, it ...

A few images have appeared on Baidu purporting to show a new Core i7 8086K CPU from Intel, designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Intel 8086 processor, the first x86 chip.

The Intel Core i7-8086 Anniversary Edition CPU, which boosts to 5GHz, will be on sale soon. The binned 8700K CPU made its first appearance on June 8, lining up with the 40th anniversary of its ...