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40 pins
16-bit architecture
Clock Rate : 10MHz max
The EU contains :
AX
16
AH AL
8 8
20-bit Address
Memory
8086
16-bit Data
The stack pointer (SP) register holds the 16-bit offset from
the start of the segment to the memory location where a
word was most recently stored on the stack (Top of stack)
address of top of stack = (SS << 4) + SP or (SS:SP)
IA-32
Starting from 80386
32 bit registers (extended registers)
32 bit address bus
EAX
32
AX
16
AH AL
8 8
Zelalem Birhanu, AAiT 28
After 8086cntd
Pipelining
Starting from 80486
Superscalar, MMX
Starting from Pentium
8086 Pinouts
8086 Memory Interfacing