ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (12/23/88)
I am very interested in trying to find out about more about the implementation of the 8088, 80286, or 80386 chips, especially the microarchitecture (data path, ALU, microinstruction format, etc.). I have seen one article that touches on the subject a little, in IEEE Micro Magazine, Dec 1985 by Khaled A. El-Ayat and Rakesh K. Agarwal. I called up Intel's headquarters and asked to talk to those two people, and was told that they are unknown (although their affiliation is listed as Intel. I then asked for the Engineering department/division, and was told there was none. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone who has seen any articles anywhere about the microarchitecture of those chips could contact me by email. Also, if there is anyone there who works at Intel and knows someone in the design groups that produced the chips, or even who has a corporate phone book and can find the proper company entity to call, that would be great. Thanks. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
wbeebe@bilver.UUCP (bill beebe) (12/27/88)
In article <1846@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >I am very interested in trying to find out about more about the implementation >of the 8088, 80286, or 80386 chips, especially the microarchitecture (data >path, ALU, microinstruction format, etc.). For your information, (and that of the general listening public), here is a listing of Intel data books as of 12/27/88. Please keep in mind that this list may (and probably will) change for 1989. 1986 iAPX 86/88, 186/188 User's Manual and Programmer's Reference order number 210911-003 1987 80286 Hardware Reference Manual order number 210760-002 1987 80286 and 80287 Programmer's Reference, order # unknown 1986 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual, order number 230985-001 1988 80386 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual, order number 231732-003 1987 80387 Programmer's Reference Manual, order # 231917-001 There are two other titles I can't quite remember that cover writing system software on the 80286 and the 80386, respectively. If you (Andy Tanenbaum) will send me via email a postal address, I'll send you a complete kit as quickly as possible. There are other little booklets and articles on the 80x86 family, but these represent a "core" (well, sortof) of information.. >I have seen one article that touches >on the subject a little, in IEEE Micro Magazine, Dec 1985 by Khaled A. El-Ayat >and Rakesh K. Agarwal. I called up Intel's headquarters and asked to talk to >those two people, and was told that they are unknown (although their affiliation >is listed as Intel. I then asked for the Engineering department/division, and >was told there was none. If you tried to reach two engineers listed in a 1985 article in 1988, the probability is they no longer work there, if you take into consideration the volitility of the workplace. People do tend to move around in this business :-). If there's anything else I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask.
michael@roberta.UUCP (Michael A. Moran ) (12/30/88)
> 1987 80286 and 80287 Programmer's Reference, order # unknown
1987 80286 and 80287 Programmer's Reference, order # 210498
Also:
1987 Development Tools Handbook, order # 210940
1987 Embedded Controller Handbook, order # 210918
1988 Embedded Control Applications, order # 270535
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