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Monday, May 20, 2013

Features of 8086 Microprocessor

1) It is 16 bit N- Channel HMOS (High Speed MOS) processor. Its CMOS version 80C86 is also available.
2) Intel 8086 Draws 360 mA on 5V whereas 80C86 draws 10 mA at 5 V.
3) It can operate at standard temperature Range 32˚ F to 180˚ F and at extended temperature range 40˚F to +225˚F.
4) Clock frequency for its different versions is 5, 8, 10 MHz
5) It consist of 20 time multiplexed address lines and can address up to 220= 1 Mbytes of memory locations. 16 low order address lines are time multiplexed with data, and 4 high order address lines are multiplexed with status signals.
6) AD0 to AD15 are low order address lines.8 LSB of data is sent on AD0-AD7 and AD18-AD15 is used to transfer 8 MSB data.
7) It consists of 16 data lines. These data lines are divided in to low order byte and higher order byte and are time multiplexed with 16 address lines.
8) It comes in 40 Pin DIP packaging.
9) 8086 works in two operating modes: Minimum Mode and Maximum Mode.

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