This document summarizes the architecture and instruction set of the 8086 microprocessor. It describes the execution unit containing the control unit, ALU, registers, and flags. It also details the bus interface unit and its instruction stream and segment registers. The document outlines the 8086's addressing modes including implied, register, immediate, and based indexed modes. It provides overviews of the 8086's data transfer, arithmetic, logical, string, program transfer, and processor control instructions.