Editing Intel 8088 (section)

===Selection for use in the IBM PC===
[[File:Ibm_pc_5150.jpg|thumb|right|[[IBM Personal Computer]] ]]
The original [[IBM PC]] is the most influential microcomputer to use the 8088. It has a [[clock frequency]] of 4.77&nbsp;MHz (4/3 the [[NTSC]] [[colorburst]] frequency). Some of IBM's engineers and other employees wanted to use the [[IBM 801]] processor, some preferred the new [[Motorola 68000]],{{efn|Later used for the IBM Instruments [[IBM System 9000|Laboratory Computer]].}} and others argued for a small and simple microprocessor, such as the [[MOS Technology 6502]] or [[Zilog Z80]], which are in earlier personal computers. However, IBM already had a history of using Intel chips in its products and had also acquired the rights to manufacture the [[Intel 8086|8086]] family.{{efn|In exchange for giving Intel the rights to its [[bubble memory]] designs. However, due to fierce competition from Japanese manufacturers, who were able to undercut by cost, Intel soon left this market and changed focus to microprocessors.}}

IBM chose the 8088 over the 8086 because Intel offered a better price for the former and could supply more units.<ref name="freiberger19820823">{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VDAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 | title=Bill Gates, Microsoft and the IBM Personal Computer | magazine=[[InfoWorld]] | date=August 23, 1982 | access-date=January 29, 2015 | last=Freiberger |first=Paul | pages=22 |volume=4 |issue=33 }}</ref> Another factor was that the 8088 allowed the computer to be based on a modified [[Intel 8085|8085]] design, as it could easily interface with most nMOS chips with 8-bit databuses. These were mature, and therefore economical, components. This included ICs originally intended for support and peripheral functions around the 8085 and similar processors (not exclusively Intel's), which were already well known by many engineers, further reducing cost.{{efn|68000 components were not widely available at the time, though it could use [[Motorola 6800]] components to an extent.}}

The descendants of the 8088 include the [[Intel 80188|80188]], [[Intel 80186|80186]], [[Intel 80286|80286]], [[Intel 80386|80386]], [[Intel 80486|80486]], and later [[software]]-[[computer compatibility|compatible]] processors, including the [[Intel Core]] processors, which are popular today.