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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition

by Lyla B. Das
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
665 pages
23h 2m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
0.1 | A Brief History of Microprocessors
What is a microprocessor? We usually answer that it is a processor on a single microchip, where the
word ‘micro’ stands for small. A processor is a device which has computing i.e., data processing cap-
ability. Over the years, the computing power of microprocessor chips has increased steeply, along
with the speed of processing, and this trend is continuing as newer applications are envisaged.
e idea of a single chip computer was around even as early as the 1950s, but at that time,
electronics and integrated circuit technology were still in their infancy. By the end of the 1960s,
things had changed and ...
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