[net.micro] 80186

estes@tty3b.UUCP (estes) (12/16/83)

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One enhancement not mentioned about the iAPX 186 (aka 80186) is that the
effective address of memory references is calculated in a hardware adder,
as opposed to a microcode routine (as in the iAPX 86 -- 8086).  Intel claims
that an iAPX 186 @ 8MHz is twice as fast as an iAPX 86 @ 5 MHz because of
this.

FYI the iAPX 186 integrates six functions:
	- uProcessor
	- DMA (two channels)
	- timers (three)
	- chip select logic and wait state generator
	- clock generator
	- interrupt controller


Ted Estes
AT&T Teletype Corp.
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