Y'see, without that clock, the computer wouldn't boot. You're a bit later in the progression, then; the IBM PC had no clock battery and you had to manually set the clock on boot. There were a number ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...