Answer to Question #312504 in Computer Networks for Isaac Ikay

Question

Outline the evolution of Intel X86 architecture from its introduction in 1978 up to these day

Answer 1

The x86 architecture is an instruction set architecture (ISA) series for computer processors. X86 was initially developed by Intel based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant. The 8086 was introduced in 1978 as a fully 16-bit extension of Intel's 8-bit8080 microprocessor, with memory segmentation as a solution for addressing more memory than can be covered by a plain 16-bit address. The term "x86" came into being because the names of several successors to Intel's 8086 processor end in "86". The “x” in x86 denotes ISA version.