Title:
Intel® 8086 Microprocessor Die, 1978
Creator:
Intel Corporation
Subject:
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs;
Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Description:
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8086 microprocessor. Chalk the 8086
design up to Intel's competitive paranoia. "Because of the success of Zilog's 8-bit
processor, we were sure they were cooking up some super processors for 16 bits and
beyond," recalls Peter Stohl, lead engineer on 8086. "We knew we had to beat them to the
punch. We were scared and moving fast." At the time, Intel wanted to retain backward
compatibility with the large installed base of 8-bit code while providing a much greater
address space-a full 1MB-and faster clock speeds of up to 5 MHz. In spite of difficult
circumstances and tools rudimentary by today's standards, after only two years the 8086
team had produced working silicon. The new processor shipped in 1978 and incorporated
many innovative features-it could even run in multiprocessor configurations.
Publisher:
Intel Museum Archives
Contributor:
Intel Microprocessor Die
Date:
1978 1978
Type:
Photograph
Format:
20 x 25 cm.
Identifier:
cstcli 1998.1189 - 260763
Source:
lcsh, local
Language:
eng
Relation:
Silicon Valley History Online
Coverage:
ark:/13030/kt6w1023b3
Rights:
Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1978. All Rights Reserved. Transmission and
reproduction of a single copy of this work for non-commercial use in research or
teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is credited as the source of the
work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and may not be combined with any
other image or work to create a new document. Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1978. All
Rights Reserved. Transmission and reproduction of a single copy of this work for
non-commercial use in research or teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is
credited as the source of the work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and
may not be combined with any other image or work to create a new document.