FEATURES OF 8086:
1. The 8086 is a 16-bit N-channel, H-MOS Microprocessor.
2. It’s CMOS version is available in “80C86”
3. It consumes less power.
4. It is introduced in 1978
5. It contains an electronic circuit of 29000 transistors
6. It is built on a single semiconductor chip and packaged in 40-pin IC packing.
7. It has 20 address lines and 16 data lines
8. It can directly address up to 220, , which is nearly equal to 1M bytes of memory
9. It has 16 bit registers for symmetrical operations
10. It has 24 operand addressing mode
11. It can support 8 &16 bit signed and unsigned arithmetic in binary or decimal
12. Multi bus compatible system interface. etc.
