Fred Cisin wrote: > Murray McCullough wrote: >> Intel's x86 technology as in the 8086 came into existence for the >> microcomputer-user at this time back in June 1978. It was a response to >> Motorola's and Zilog's move to 16-bit processing. > > Intel 8086 was 1978 > Zilog Z8000 was march 1979 > Motorola 68000 was September 1979 > > But, the Intel 8086 was earlier. So, "a response to Motorola's and > Zilog's move to 16-bit processing" seems a little far-fetched
I have seen it claimed that Intel made the 8086 as a stop-gap until the iAPX 432 was finished.
