The document discusses various peripheral interfacing chips used with the 8086 microprocessor, including the 8255 Programmable Peripheral Interface, 8279 Keyboard and Display Controller, and 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The 8255 PPI allows programming of ports for input/output and interrupt functions. It has three 8-bit ports that can be individually configured. The 8279 controls keyboards and seven-segment displays. It has modes for scanning keyboards and refreshing displays. The 8253/8254 is a programmable counter/timer with three independent 16-bit counters that can be configured for different counting modes.