Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHappy Birthday, Intel 8086: World's first x86 processor debuted exactly 48 years ago todaywww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkHappy Birthday, Intel 8086: World's first x86 processor debuted exactly 48 years ago todaywww.techspot.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe processor designed for timesharing 8080 programs efficiently by adding 16 bit addresses to 16 bit page numbers shifted by 4 bits because who could afford more than 1MB of RAM anyway?
The processor designed for timesharing 8080 programs efficiently by adding 16 bit addresses to 16 bit page numbers shifted by 4 bits because who could afford more than 1MB of RAM anyway?