{"@context":["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",{"Hashtag":"as:Hashtag","sensitive":"as:sensitive","dcterms":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/","gts":"https://gotosocial.org/ns#","schema":"http://schema.org/","exifData":"schema:exifData","PropertyValue":"schema:PropertyValue","interactionPolicy":{"@id":"gts:interactionPolicy","@type":"@id"},"canQuote":{"@id":"gts:canQuote","@type":"@id"},"canReply":{"@id":"gts:canReply","@type":"@id"},"canLike":{"@id":"gts:canLike","@type":"@id"},"canAnnounce":{"@id":"gts:canAnnounce","@type":"@id"},"automaticApproval":{"@id":"gts:automaticApproval","@type":"@id"},"manualApproval":{"@id":"gts:manualApproval","@type":"@id"},"always":{"@id":"gts:always","@type":"@id"}}],"id":"https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/","type":"Article","attachment":[{"type":"Image","url":"https://i0.wp.com/dfarq.homeip.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/intel-8088-cpu-on-ibm-5150.jpg?fit=720%2C405\u0026#038;ssl=1","mediaType":"image/jpeg","name":"Intel 8088 with non-Intel chips","exifData":[{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"DateTime","value":"2021:11:25 14:42:41"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"ExposureTime","value":"1/5"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"FNumber","value":"f/16"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"FocalLength","value":"50"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"PhotographicSensitivity","value":"100"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"Model","value":"NIKON D3300"}]}],"attributedTo":"https://dfarq.homeip.net/author/admin/","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Intel 8088 CPU made its debut June 1, 1978. It rose to fame as the CPU powering the IBM PC, PC/XT, and tens of millions of PC and XT clones from the 1980s. But did you know Intel wasn\u0026#8217;t the only company that manufactured 8088 CPUs? No fewer than nine other companies produced exact copies of the Intel 8088, and they did it with Intel\u0026#8217;s cooperation. In this blog post, I\u0026#8217;ll explain why.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C!--more--\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EBackground on the Intel 8088 CPU\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/intel-8088-cpu-on-ibm-5150/\u0022 rel=\u0022attachment wp-att-33533\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https://i0.wp.com/dfarq.homeip.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/intel-8088-cpu-on-ibm-5150.jpg?resize=300%2C169\u0026#038;ssl=1\u0022 alt=\u0022Intel 8088 with non-Intel chips\u0022 width=\u0022300\u0022 height=\u0022169\u0022 /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003EThis IBM 5150 motherboard has an Intel 8088 in it, surrounded by AMD and other chips. It could have just as easily had an AMD 8088 on it. Note the AMD 8259 directly below the Intel 8088.\u003C/figcaption\u003E\u003C/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 8088 was Intel\u0026#8217;s product. One could argue it wasn\u0026#8217;t \u003Cem\u003Eentirely\u003C/em\u003E their design. That\u0026#8217;s because it was a 16 bit extension to the earlier 8008 and 8080 CPUs. The 8008 was a design commissioned by \u003Ca href=\u0022https://dfarq.homeip.net/first-desktop-computer/\u0022\u003EDatapoint\u003C/a\u003E, a company that had designed a processor using discrete TTL logic but wanted the processor design consolidated onto a single IC. Datapoint ended up not using Intel\u0026#8217;s chip. But Intel guessed correctly that some other companies might be interested in using it. Intel worked out an agreement to acquire the technology. Datapoint ended up regretting the arrangement, but it\u0026#8217;s their fault they undervalued it.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 8088 wasn\u0026#8217;t an overnight success, but it caught its big break in 1980, when IBM decided it wanted to use it in an upcoming product. At the time, IBM was the largest computer company in the world, and they were looking to expand into the fledgling microcomputer market.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EIBM\u0026#8217;s stipulation regarding Intel\u0026#8217;s 8088 and second sources like AMD\u003C/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIBM wanted the Intel 8088, but they had a stipulation. They wanted to be able to buy it from more than one supplier. They didn\u0026#8217;t want to find themselves in a situation where they had an order for more computers than they could deliver because they couldn\u0026#8217;t get enough CPUs. Every other chip on IBM\u0026#8217;s motherboard design was available from at least two manufacturers.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis was a common stipulation at the time, especially for a company the size of IBM.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhy did Intel say yes? Intel would still collect a royalty, so they would still make money if IBM bought some or even all of its 8088s from someone else. It also gave them flexibility. Intel had a finite amount of manufacturing capacity. So in the event there was some other product they could be manufacturing that would give them higher profit margins, Intel didn\u0026#8217;t have to allocate that production to 8088s just because IBM needed chips. Presumably...