when they first came out, from 600 to 1000 dollars
The Intel 8088.
1978 - 8086 1979 - 8088 First IBM PC used 8088. I think later low end IBM PC's used 8086.
The original 8088 processor had a maximum clock frequency of 5 MHz. As implemented in the original IBM PC, it ran at 4.77 MHz. There were variations of the 8088 that could run at 8 MHz.
Yes, the IBM PC 8088 operated at a clock speed of 4.77 MHz. This processor was introduced in 1981 and was part of the original IBM PC lineup. Its relatively low clock speed was typical for the time, as it was designed for basic computing tasks and compatibility with existing software.
The 8088 was the microprocessor used in the original IBM PC, released in 1981. It operated at clock speeds of 4.77 MHz, which was relatively slow by modern standards. The 8088 featured a 16-bit data bus and an 8-bit external data bus, allowing it to handle a variety of tasks suitable for early personal computing. Its architecture laid the groundwork for future generations of x86 processors.
The Intel 8088 microprocessor was a variant of the Intel 8086 and was introduced on July 1, 1979. It had an 8-bit external data bus instead of the 16-bit bus of the 8086. The 16-bit registers and the one megabyte address range were unchanged, however. The original IBM PC was based on the 8088.
There is no PC register in the 8086/8088. It is called the IP register by Intel and it stands for the Instruction Pointer. It contains the address of the current/next instruction to be executed.
8088 processor accessed 1MB
A pc can cost $5
The 4004 was Intel's first microprocessor and the world's first single chip microprocessor. For the first PC as we know it (the 1981 IBM PC), it was the 8088, following with 80286, 80386, 80486 and then the Pentium line.
The 8086/8088 family of microprocessors was introduced by Intel.
Because that's what Intel chose to do. The 8086 was released in 1978. The 8088 was released in 1979, and it was the same 16 bit processor core, but running on a 8, instead of a 16, bit bus, making it more tenable in low end, cheap, systems, such as the IBM PC.