Some images demonstrating one of the rarest x86 CPUs still running have been shared online. We thank CPU collector and silicon lover, konkretor, for this particular retro tech flashback. However, it ...

The x86 architecture is named after this very chip, in fact. Although Intel claims the 8086 was the first 16-bit processor ever launched, that’s only true with very specific caveats.

The x86 instruction set was first introduced by Intel in 1978 with the 8086 16-bit CPU, and the Santa Clara corporation is now planning to finally bring its computer processors into the future ...