The Intel 8088 Micro-processor ran at 5MHz ... in the 8088 versus the 8086 was the use of a full 16-bit internal architecture but mated with an 8-bit data bus. Without the 8088 we wouldn't ...

The original PC launched by IBM in 1981 used Intel's 16-bit 8088 CPU. This chip family was designed so that the installed base of CP/M applications could be easily ported to the new architecture.

From the consumer space it often would appear as if Intel’s CPU making history is pretty much a straight line from the 4004 to the 8080, 8088 and ... Set Computer) architecture has its roots ...

Back in the last century, Intel saw itself faced with a need to have ‘second source’ suppliers of its 8088 and 8086 processors ... an integral part of the x86 architecture.