Intel 80186
The 80186 is a microprocessor that was developed by Intel circa 1982. The 80186 was an improvement on the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088. As with the 8086, it had a 16-bit external bus and was also available as the Intel 80188, with an 8-bit external data bus. The initial clock rate of the 80186 and 80188 was 6 MHz. They were generally used as embedded processors. They were not used in many personal computers, but there were some notable exceptions. One was the Mindset, a very advanced computer for the time. Another was the original Gateway Handbook, a small subnotebook computer. A third was Compis, a Swedish school computer.
One major function of the 80186/80188 series was to reduce the number of chips required by including features such as a DMA controller, interrupt controller, timers, and Free On-line Dictionary of Computing and is used under the GFDL.
