Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


June 1, 1979: the 8088 Microprocessor

June 01, 2024

1979 Intel released the successorto the 8086 processor in the Intel 8088 chip. With a clock rate of either 4.77 MHz or 8 MHz, this 16-bit chip had an external bus of 8 bits and 29,000 transistors.