Intel 8088
E35665
The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intel 8088 canonical | 21 |
| Intel 8088 bus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T272495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel 8088 Context triple: [IBM PC, cpu, Intel 8088]
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A.
Intel 8086
The Intel 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in 1978 that formed the basis of the x86 architecture used in most modern personal computers.
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B.
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor, a 4-bit CPU introduced in 1971 that launched the microprocessor revolution.
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C.
Intel Pentium
Intel Pentium is a line of x86 microprocessors that became widely known in the 1990s for powering mainstream personal computers and marking a major step in consumer CPU performance.
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D.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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E.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel 8088 Target entity description: The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
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A.
Intel 8086
The Intel 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in 1978 that formed the basis of the x86 architecture used in most modern personal computers.
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B.
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor, a 4-bit CPU introduced in 1971 that launched the microprocessor revolution.
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C.
Intel Pentium
Intel Pentium is a line of x86 microprocessors that became widely known in the 1990s for powering mainstream personal computers and marking a major step in consumer CPU performance.
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D.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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E.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CPU
ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ x86 microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 20-bit ⓘ |
| addressingMode | segmented memory ⓘ |
| ALUWidth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| architecture | x86-16 ⓘ |
| binaryCompatibleWith | Intel 8086 ⓘ |
| clockSpeed |
4.77 MHz
ⓘ
8 MHz (in some versions) ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Intel 8086 instruction set
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel 8086
|
| dataBusType | multiplexed ⓘ |
| dataBusWidthExternal | 8-bit ⓘ |
| dataWidthCategory | 8-bit external ⓘ |
| family | x86 ⓘ |
| generalPurposeRegisters |
AX
ⓘ
BX ⓘ CX ⓘ DX ⓘ |
| indexRegisters |
DI
ⓘ
SI ⓘ |
| instructionQueueLength | 4 bytes ⓘ |
| internalDataPathWidth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| introduced | 1979 ⓘ |
| introductionDate | June 1979 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Intel
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
|
| maxAddressableMemory | 1 MB ⓘ |
| maxSegmentedAddressSpace | 1 MB ⓘ |
| microarchitecture | first-generation x86 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the CPU in the original IBM PC
ⓘ
helping establish the IBM PC compatible standard ⓘ |
| package | 40-pin DIP ⓘ |
| pointerRegisters |
BP
ⓘ
SP ⓘ |
| predecessor | Intel 8086 ⓘ |
| registerWidth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| segmentRegisters |
CS
ⓘ
DS ⓘ ES ⓘ SS ⓘ |
| segmentSize | 64 KB ⓘ |
| statusWordRegister | FLAGS ⓘ |
| successor |
Intel 80186
ⓘ
Intel 80286 ⓘ |
| supportsMode | real mode ⓘ |
| technologyNode | 3 µm ⓘ |
| transistorCount | 29000 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM PC XT (in some models)
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC XT
IBM Personal Computer (IBM 5150) ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC
original IBM PC ⓘ |
| wordSizeInternal | 16-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Intel 8088 Description of subject: The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Intel 8088