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Intel's first blockbuster chip was the 8088 – and it changed everything 45 years ago
this was the first major CPU that Intel produced that propelled the x86 architecture to the fore – and was ironically a successor to the first x86 CPU, called the 8086 Micro-processor ...
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The Intel 8088 And 8086 Processor’s Instruction Prefetch Circuitry
The Intel 8088 (and its big brother 8086) processor was among the first microprocessors to implement (instruction) prefetching in hardware, which [Ken Shirriff] has analyzed based on die images ...
The rise and decline of Intel
2020 - Intel's annual revenue peaks at $77.87 billion, bolstered by pandemic sales of PCs. Revenue then declines as Intel struggles with increased competition from AMD and Nvidia. Nvidia overtakes ...
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Intel’s IAPX 432: Gordon Moore’s Gamble And Intel’s Failed 32-bit CISC
At the time that the iAPX 432 (originally the 8800) project was proposed, Gordon Moore was CEO of Intel ... up by the equally successful 8086), this new architecture was a ‘micro-mainframe ...
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Intel-based system
A computer that uses a CPU from Intel, such as a Core, Xeon or Pentium chip. Also known as an "x86-based system." The x86 designation comes from the first PC, which used the Intel 8086 chip.
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The Intel 8088 processor launched 44 years ago today, and helped to start the PC revolution0 0
If you are working on a PC today, there's a good chance that it's using a chip that can trace its roots down to the Intel ... processor. So why did IBM ultimately pick the 8088 over the 8086?