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Why is intel 8086 known as 16 bit microprocessor?

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Q: Why is intel 8086 known as 16 bit microprocessor?
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The Intel 8085 is an 8 bit microprocessor created in 1977.The Intel 8086 is a 16 bit microprocessor created in 1978. The 8086 was the first chip to start the x86 architecture family.8085 contains 16-bit address bus and 8-bit data bus8086 contains 20-bit address bus and 16-bit data bus..In 8085 the clock speed is 3MHZwhere as in 8086 the clock speed is 5MHZ.there are two differences btw 8085&80861. 8086 has 6 byte queue but 8085 has 4 byte queue2. 8086 has 16 bit data bus where as 8085 has 8 bit data bus


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The Intel 8088 microprocessor was a variant of the Intel 8086 and was introduced on July 1, 1979. It had an 8-bit external data bus instead of the 16-bit bus of the 8086. The 16-bit registers and the one megabyte address range were unchanged, however. The original IBM PC was based on the 8088.


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What is the advantages and disadvantages of 8086 microprocessor?

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What is the importance of the Intel 8080 microprocessor?

It was the first Intel 8 bit processor to which followed the 8086, then the 80186, 80286, etc all of which were code compatible and are often referred to simply as x86 family processors.


How many bits in 8085 microprocessor?

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