8086 External Hardware Synchronization Instructions

8086 External Hardware Synchronization Instructions: The 8086 External Hardware Synchronization Instructions are namely HLT WAIT ESC LOCK NOP HLT Instruction : The HLT instruction will cause the 8086 to stop fetching…

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Intel 8086 Microprocessor Articles

Intel 8086 Microprocessor Articles: Features of 8086 Microprocessor: The features of 8086 Microprocessor are : 1.The 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor. The term “16-bit” means that its arithmetic logic unit,…

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8086 Addressing Modes

8086 Addressing Modes: We have seen how the 8086 fetches code bytes from memory by generating 20-bit physical address with the help of IP and CS. We have also seen…

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Internal Architecture of 8086

Internal Architecture of 8086: Fig. 6.2 shows a block diagram of Internal Architecture of 8086. It is internally divided into two separate functional units. These are the Bus Interface Unit…

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Features of 8086 Microprocessor

Features of 8086 Microprocessor: The features of 8086 Microprocessor are : 1.The 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor. The term "16-bit" means that its arithmetic logic unit, internal registers and most…

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Polling and Interrupts

Polling and Interrupts: In Polling and Interrupts of the microprocessor's software simply checks each of the I/O devices every so often. During this check, the microprocessor tests to see if…

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Input Output Interfacing Techniques

Input Output Interfacing Techniques: The most of the microprocessors support isolated I/O system. It partitions memory from I/O, via software, by having instructions that specifically access (address) memory, and others…

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