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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Born in August 1981 due to the Apple II's success, the IBM Personal Computer (dubbed the "5150" in IBM's internal numbering system) was IBM's official entry into the desktop computer system market, and by far their most successful. Earlier attempts, like the 5100 desktop APL machine and the DisplayWriter word-processing machine, hadn't taken off, and IBM needed something fast to compete with Apple. Bypassing the IBM bureaucracy, in 1980 they tasked a team of engineers in an IBM office in Florida with developing the new machine, and gave them unusual amounts of freedom in developing the new system. It was built almost completely out of off-the-shelf parts and had generous amounts of expansion capability. As for the processor, the team settled on Intel's 16-bit 8088. The 8088 was chosen mainly for cost and time-to-market reasons. To ensure a steady supply of 8088s, IBM and Intel recruited Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to act as a second source, a decision that would have some importance later. |
