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Intel's first blockbuster chip was the 8088 – and it changed everything 45 years ago
Without the 8088 we wouldn't have the likes of the IBM Model 5150 – commonly known as the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) – which was one of the first machines to use it when it launched in 1981.
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The Intel 8088 processor launched 44 years ago today, and helped to start the PC revolution0 0
IBM's site stated: They went to Microsoft for the operating system (QDOS, renamed PC-DOS and later sold by Microsoft as MS-DOS) and to Intel for its 8088 processor. They chose an existing monitor ...