Bill Gates, the billionaire head of software giant Microsoft, is telling audiences of IBM personal-computer users that failure to acquire some kind of system based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor ...

The developer of MartyPC, an emulator for vintage Intel-compatible hardware that targets cycle accuracy, has released a test suite for Intel's classic 80286 processor and compatibles – created, in a ...

A year ago, deciding which IBM-compatible personal computer to buy was easy. Customers could choose a low-cost computer that used Intel Corp.’s older 80286 microprocessor. Or they could pick a more ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...