WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Intel 8237
Common card · Science
Intel 8237, a Common card
Intel 8237 is a direct memory access controller, a part of the MCS 85 microprocessor family.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,400
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It enables data transfer between memory and the I/O with reduced load on the system's main processor by providing the memory with control signals and memory address information during the DMA transfer.
- The 8237 is a four-channel device that can be expanded to include any number of DMA channel inputs.
- The 8237 is capable of DMA transfers at rates of up to 1.6 megabyte per second.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Intel 8237 article was read about 5,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Intel 8237
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Intel 8237 in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Liza DonnellyCommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 43
- Southeastern mixed forestsCommon · Nature · ATK 57 DEF 47
- Vlastimil HortCommon · Society · ATK 57 DEF 47
- Polad BülbüloğluCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 44
- Rosebank distilleryCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 46
- Saline Township, MichiganCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 49
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Intel 8237 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : German, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

