This repository provides a framework and libraries for developing user interfaces using VGA text mode (80x25) with the 8086 microprocessor, implemented in 8086 assembly language.

This repository provides a framework and libraries for developing user interfaces using VGA text mode (80x25) with the 8086 microprocessor, implemented in 8086 assembly language.

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 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 ...

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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 ...

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Forty years ago today, electronics and semiconductor trade newspaper Electronic News ran an advertisement for a new kind of chip. The Intel 4004, a $60 chip in a 16-pin dual in-line package, was an ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...