I've talked to some of the engineers to get background on the design of the 8086 chip. They also wrote some papers at the time explaining why things were done p

I've talked to some of the engineers to get background on the design of the 8086 chip. They also wrote some papers at the time explaining why things were done particular ways. The 8086 patents are also very detailed; many older patents actually provide a lot of useful information. Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4449184A https://patents.google.com/patent/US4449184A