Franc,

Well no one can say you are "wrong", call it what you will.

No 8051 is an ARM. The 8088 is a far cry from an ARM. The '251 is an 8051 variant that plugs into a std socket (in non page mode) and allows 8,16,& some 32 bit operations to occur.

If you revue the architecture you will see 8 bit paths to the ALU but a 16 bit path from the ALU. You will also see a 16 bit path from the Bus interface unit to the ports and internal ROM memory.

http://developer.intel.com/design/mc...229-01.htm

regards,
p