14 Jun
2026
14 Jun
'26
10:32 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
Murray McCullough wrote:
I have seen it claimed that Intel made the 8086 as a stop-gap until the
iAPX 432 was finished.
Intel's x86 technology as in the 8086 came
into existence for the
microcomputer-user at this time back in June 1978. It was a response to
Motorola's and Zilog's move to 16-bit processing.
Intel 8086 was 1978
Zilog Z8000 was march 1979
Motorola 68000 was September 1979
But, the Intel 8086 was earlier. So, "a response to Motorola's and
Zilog's move to 16-bit processing" seems a little far-fetched