This book has been designed for the course on Microprocessors and Multicore systems ' offered to CSE Students of JNTU Kakinada. It strives to study the x86 family architecture based on the architecture of the elementary processor, i.e., the 8086. The higher order processors are discussed based on the enhancements, improvements and differences vis-à-vis the basic 8086 as this is the best approach to learning the family architecture and it is followed by students worldwide.
Book presents the concepts in a step-by-step approach, with simplicity of ideas, lucidity of explanations and clarity in presentation.