Hackaday (unofficial) March 29, 2024 6:00am The Intel 8088 and 8086 Processor’s Instruction Prefetch Circuitry #retrocomputing #reverseengineering #intel8086 #intel8088 #prefetching #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Intel 8088 And 8086 Processor’s Instruction Prefetch Circuitry Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 7, 2023 1:00pm Intel v. NEC : The Case of the V20’s Microcode #computerhacks #reverseengineering #intel8086 #intel8088 #microcode #necv20 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Intel V. NEC : The Case Of The V20’s Microcode Back in the last century, Intel saw itself faced with a need to have ‘second source’ suppliers of its 8088 and 8086 processors, which saw NEC being roped in to be one of those alternati…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 21, 2023 3:00am Finally, An Open-Source 8088 BIOS #retrocomputing #8088 #bios #intel #intel8088 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Finally, An Open-Source 8088 BIOS The Intel 8088 is an interesting chip, being a variant of the more well-known 8086. Given the latter went on to lend its designation to one of the world’s favorite architectures, you can tell…