AMD Am8086
AMD D8086
Developer	Intel
Manufacturer	AMD
Type	Microprocessors
Introduction	1982 (announced) 1982 (launch)
Production	1982
Architecture	8086
ISA	x86-16
µarch	8086
Word size	16 bit 2 octets 4 nibbles
Process	3 µm 3,000 nm 0.003 mm
Technology	nMOS
Clock	5 MHz-10 MHz
Package	DIP-40, CDIP-40, PLCC-40, CLCC-40
Succession
←	→
Am9080	Am186 Am8088

Am8086 (AMD 8086) was a second-sourced 80186 chip designed by Intel and manufactured by AMD in 1982.

History

The 1976 agreement AMD had with Intel covered earlier chips such as the 8080 and 8085. The x86 series was intended to stay exclusively with Intel. The situation changed when IBM selected the x86 series to go in the PC. IBM required all their manufacturers to have a second source. Consequently, in 1981 Intel renewed their 76 agreement. A year later they also signed the technology exchange agreement which allowed AMD to enter the x86 market and later resulted in the legal battles that spanned much of the late 80s and early 90s.

AMD started bulk production of Intel's 8086 in 1982. AMD's 8086 are Intel's own design and are thus identical except for the manufacturing process used.