What is Intel 8086?
[[File:Intel C8086.jpg|thumb|A rare Intel C8086 processor in purple ceramic DIP package with side-brazed pins]] The '''Intel 8086''' is a [[16-bit computing|16-bit]] [[microprocessor]] of the late 1970s. It was the precessor of the [[Intel 8088]], which was a popular processor in the 1980s. The design is based on the architecture of the 8080 and 8085, which were 8 bit processors Intel made in the 1970s. The 8086 lacks a few functions, which had to be added with external chips. It also lacks the ability to do [[Floating point|floating-point]] calculations. This was commonly added with the 8087 chip. The [[IBM]] [[IBM Personal Computer|PC]], released in the 1980s, used an 8088 chip. [[Amstrad]] built clones, which used the 8086 chip. [[Category:Intel processors]] [[Category:Microprocessor design]] {{tech-stub}}