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8086

Updated: 05/21/2018 by Computer Hope
8086 microprocessor

Developed by Intel and introduced on June 8, 1978, the 8086 was a microprocessor code-named P1. It used a 16-bit architecture, had 29,000 transistors, ran at clock speeds of 5 MHz to 10 MHz. Additionally, it could access one megabyte of memory.

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