On June 1, 1979, Intel introduced the 4.77 MHz 8088 microprocessor, featuring 16-bit registers and, unlike its predecessor, the 16-bit 8086, had an 8-bit external data bus. With that, as well as ...

Intel’s first significant CPU based in x86 turns 45 today. The 8088 Microprocessor was launched in 1979 and was Intel's first significant CPU, to bring its x86 architecture into prominence. It was the ...

All modern Intel and AMD PCs can trace their roots to a single system: the IBM Personal Computer. Originally released in August 1981, this computer became so popular and long-lived that competitors ...

More than four decades after Intel launched the 8088 processor, a Chinese PC maker has launched a brand new mini-laptop sporting the 4.77 MHz processor, along with support for an optional 8087 math co ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

Intel’s 8088 processor was released in 1979 and the 4.77 MHz processor was at the heart of the first IBM PC that was released two years later. While the processor is pretty sluggish by modern ...

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. If ...

WTF?! While handheld PCs like the Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally feature impressive modern Linux and Windows support, and devices like the Hand 386 put Windows 95 into users' pockets, another device ...

Pro Linux 7.0 is finally here — packing more AMD and Intel hardware support and a bulging changelog, here's what you need to know Pro There are 37 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now ...

Title pretty much explains it. I have a somewhat unique opertunity to build a custom 8088 processor computer from a variety of old parts. It'a some guy going out of the computer dealer business. My ...

What just happened? Someone has created a version of classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D capable of running on an Intel 8088 chip that's nearly 45 years old. The mod renders the original ...