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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by egsmi on Saturday July 25, 2020 @07:06PM (#23953081)
How interesting. I didn’t think differential clocks where a thing back then.

Or maybe they’re not differential and they’re just routed together because it’s convenient. Since they store with coupled inverters I can see why having both phases could be useful in some flip flop implementations.

Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by userbinator on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:23PM (#23953417)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_latch#Master–slave_edge-...

The two clock phases don't overlap, and act to "pump" the signals through the circuits on each half-cycle. Circuits from that era effectively use both edges of the clock, and the use of simple pass transistors instead of full flip-flops simplifies the implementation.