Intel introduced ‘the first processor in the x86 series and the first 8086 microprocessor’ on this day in 1978 — CPU was designed as a temporary substitute for the delayed iAPX 432 project

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Intel introduced ‘the first processor in the x86 series and the first 8086 microprocessor’ on this day in 1978 — CPU was designed as a temporary substitute for the delayed iAPX 432 project
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June 8, 1978, marked the birth of the x86 architecture with the arrival of the 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU.

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