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A die photo of the 8086 microprocessor with the main functional blocks labeled.

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  1. Ken Shirriff (kenshirriff@oldbytes.space)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 23:06:14 UTC Ken Shirriff Ken Shirriff

    The Intel 8086 was released in 1978, starting the x86 line that still dominates computing. I'm reverse-engineering the chip by studying the silicon die, and I think I've spotted a bug fix in the silicon. They didn't have microcode updates then so they patched the silicon. 🧵

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