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12 Oct 1998

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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