tIs forgotten chip

[DeanG]

Exploring Texas Instrument’s Forgotten CPU

Texas Instruments isn’t the name you usually hear associated with the first microprocessor. But the TI TMX 1795 was an 8008 chip produced months before the 8008. It was never available commer…

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Origin of the mucro.story

 

[Performa]

Wow! Two companies wound up making the same chip for the same client, and the client didn't run with either of them... crazy!