- Figure out why pages tagged with “needs enhancement” are not appearing in the rendered output as of September 7, 2024.
- The needs enhancement tag means the picture has artifacts or other issues. You are invited to send a PR with your proposed changes.
- The microcode and hardware in the 8086 processor that perform string operations (righto.com)
Intel introduced the 8086 microprocessor in 1978. This processor ended up being hugely influential, setting the path for the x86 architecture that is extensively used today. One interesting feature of the 8086 was instructions that can efficiently operate on blocks of memory up to 64K bytes long. These instructions rapidly copy, compare, or scan data and are known as “string” instructions.