AMD Clones Intel
The year is 1981, and Intel (see our history of Intel processors from a few months back) has just been chosen by IBM to supply the processor for the first personal computer. IBM wanted at least two CPU suppliers for its PC, and forced Intel to license its technology. And so it was that AMD became one of the first companies to sell an 8086 clone. AMD’s first processor went on sale in 1982. Because it was a licensed processor, the AMD 8086 (and 8088) was identical to Intel’s model.
| Code name | ? |
| Date released | 1982 |
| Architecture | 16-bits |
| Data bus | 16-bits |
| Address bus | 20-bits |
| Maximum memory | 1 MB |
| L1 cache | no |
| L2 cache | no |
| Clock frequency | 5-10 MHz |
| FSB | same as clock frequency |
| FPU | 8087 |
| SIMD | no |
| Fabrication process | 3,000 nm |
| Number of transistors | 29,000 |
| Power consumption | ? |
| Voltage | 5 V |
| Die surface area | 16 mm² |
| Connector | 40 pins |
Note the “© Intel” on the processor, made by AMD.