Intel on Monday quietly marked the 25-year anniversary of x86, the basic architecture underlying the chips that power most of today's PCs. Intel's first x86-based chip, the 5MHz 8086, was introduced ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

The 8086 has been around since 1978, so it’s pretty well understood. As the namesake of the prevalent x86 architecture, it’s often studied by those looking to learn more about microprocessors in ...

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications. Computer Terminal Corporation (now defunct Datapoint) launched the DataPoint 3300 ...