![]() An Intel A80286-8 processor with a gray ceramic heat spreader | |
General information | |
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Launched | February 1982 |
Discontinued | 1991[1] |
Common manufacturer | |
Performance | |
Max. CPU clock rate | 4 MHz to 25 MHz |
FSB speeds | 4 MHz to 25 MHz |
Data width | 16 bits |
Address width | 24 bits |
Architecture and classification | |
Technology node | 1.5 μm[2] |
Instruction set | x86-16 (with MMU) |
Physical specifications | |
Transistors | |
Co-processor | Intel 80287 |
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History | |
Predecessors | 8086, 8088 (while 80186 was contemporary) |
Successor | Intel 80386 |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
The Intel 80286[4] (also marketed as the iAPX 286[5] and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982. It was the first 8086-based CPU with separate, non-multiplexed address and data buses and also the first with memory management and wide protection abilities. It had a data size of 16 bits, and had an address width of 24 bits, which could address up to 16M of memory with a suitable operating system such as Windows compared to 1M for the 8086. The 80286 used approximately 134,000 transistors in its original nMOS (HMOS) incarnation and, just like the contemporary 80186,[6] it can correctly execute most software written for the earlier Intel 8086 and 8088 processors.[7]
The 80286 was employed for the IBM PC/AT, introduced in 1984, and then widely used in most PC/AT compatible computers until the early 1990s. In 1987, Intel shipped its five-millionth 80286 microprocessor.[8]
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