Intel's 8088 was a cut-down version of the original 8086 with an 8-bit data bus; in the Book 8088 and the IBM PC, it runs at a clock speed of 4.77 MHz.

Call me crazy, but I want one of these. Once a year I fire up my PowerBook 100, and every so often we get the C64 going for some old fashioned joystick fun. Neither of those things are ...

This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU, 640 kB of RAM and a CGA video card with a built-in monochrome monitor. An NE2000 ISA network card, running in 8-bit mode, enables the ...

Do you ever sit at your 1981 vintage IBM PC and get the urge to pop onto that newfangled ‘WWW’ to stay up to date on all the goings-on ... that will happily run on an 8088 CPU or compatible, ...

Ars Technica’s chronicle of purchasing and using the Book 8088 is a fascinating blend of technical details and nostalgia—especially for me, as my first PC was technically an IBM PC 5150.

The man responsible for shepherding the original IBM PC to life in a single year, William C. Lowe, has died at 72. After he convinced then-CEO Frank Cary that such a machine couldn't be built ...

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.

The Intel 8088 processor was launched on June 1, 1979, and a few years later IBM picked this CPU to be inside its first personal computer. 44 years later, the influence of the 8088 is still felt.