But since most working implementations of an 8088 (the only one I
have the databook for) require additional ICs, I'm wondering if it
could truly be called a single-chip CPU. I mean, this thing needs
chips for the clock line (8284, this says). It needs more chips
for accessing RAM, and it needs RAM. Why do you say it's single chip?
I think the only way to determine if it's a microprocessor is to
look in the company's literature. If they call it an arithmetic logic
unit, it's not a microprocessor.
>failed to produce a working single-chip CPU before Intel.
>
>TI had a design, but it didn't prove to be manufacturable.
>
>Even if not everyone here agrees that being on a single chip is a
necessary
>condition for something to be called a microprocessor, to the best of
my
>knowledge no one disagrees with the claim that Intel as the first to
make
>a single-chip CPU.
>
>Eric
>
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