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Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts

Counting the transistors in the 8086 processor: it's harder than you might think

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How many transistors are in Intel's 8086 processor? This seems like a straightforward question, but it doesn't have a straightforw...
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Reverse-engineering an airspeed/Mach indicator from 1977

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How does a vintage airspeed indicator work? CuriousMarc picked one up for a project, but it didn't have any documentation, so I revers...
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How the 8086 processor's microcode engine works

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The 8086 microprocessor was a groundbreaking processor introduced by Intel in 1978. It led to the x86 architecture that still dominates de...
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The unusual bootstrap drivers inside the 8086 microprocessor chip

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The 8086 microprocessor is one of the most important chips ever created; it started the x86 architecture that still dominates desktop and ...
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