IBM chose Intel’s 16-bit 8088 microprocessor for its first mass-produced personal computer in 1981, helping establish Intel chips as a standard in the rapidly growing PC market. Intel also supplied microprocessors to manufacturers of IBM-compatible computers. Together with Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Intel processors became the basis of the widely used “Wintel” PCs that dominated the personal computer market for years.
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