Ken Shirriff on X: "The Intel 8088 was the processor used in the original IBM PC. A version of the 16-bit 8086 with an 8-bit bus, it was designed by Intel Israel
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Intel - Tech Through Time: The Intel 8088 processor powered the first successful PC, created by IBM this week in 1981. | Facebook
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