The Intel 8086 chip only has 19618 transistors instead of the 29k advertised

28 points by tudorconstantin 3 years ago | 5 comments

ishvanl 3 years ago |

I want my money back.

benj111 3 years ago | |

If you return it to intel I'm sure they'll fill in the rom with all 1s for you.

worldsavior 3 years ago | |

Good for you.

metadat 3 years ago |

Discussed yesterday:

Counting the transistors in the 8086 processor: it's harder than you might think

karmakaze 3 years ago |

ROM data implemented this way should estimate 1/2 the number of bits as transistors.