Why 8086 has 6 byte que?

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2026-03-08 12:20

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Because that's how Intel designed it.

They chose a 6 byte queue in the 8086 in order to optimize speed versus latency of the execution unit versus the bus interface unit. The decision for 6 bytes, as compared to 4 or 8 or some other number was a cost tradeoff and a recognition of the average mix of instruction execution cycle times in a typical processing thread.

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