Intel 8087
Microprocessor
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The Intel 8087, announced in 1980, was the first floating-point coprocessor for the 8086 line of microprocessors. The purpose of the chip was to speed up floating-point arithmetic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication,... Wikipedia
Instruction set: x87 (coprocessor extension of x86-16)
Launched: 1980; 44 years ago
Max. CPU clock rate: 4 MHz to 10 MHz
Package(s): 40-pin DIP
Successor(s): 80287
Transistors: 65000