23 Feb
2006
23 Feb
'06
9:01 p.m.
I was scanning some of my TI-99/4A docs and noticed
this on the back cover...
"Texas Instruments invented the integrated circuit,
the microprocessor, and the microcomputer. Being first
is our tradition."
The microprocessor? Anyone know what they use to make
that claim?
David
http://www.trailingedge.com
23 Feb
23 Feb
9:13 p.m.
>> Anyone know what they use to make that claim?
Partially the serious work of Jack Kilby, partially marketing babble.
Several people / companies say they're the first to have made a
microprocessor. So much work was military / classified back then that, in
my opinion, it will hard to ever know the full truth.
I won't even touch the "microcomputer" claim.
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I was scanning some of my TI-99/4A docs and noticed this on the back
cover...
"Texas Instruments invented the integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and
the microcomputer. Being first is our tradition."
The microprocessor? Anyone know what they use to make that claim?
David
http://www.trailingedge.com
10:39 p.m.
And then there's Ray Holt: http://www.microcomputerhistory.com/
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"Texas Instruments invented the integrated
circuit, the
microprocessor, and the microcomputer. Being first is our tradition."
The microprocessor? Anyone know what they use to make that claim?
Google for "Gilbert Hyatt microprocessor"
10:46 p.m.
I've seen the Ray Holt thing before but wasn't
familiar with Gilbert Hyatt. So it appears that at
the time, TI took on Intel and won the claim, at that
time, to the title of creator of the microprocessor.
Explains their statement now.
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And then there's Ray Holt:
http://www.microcomputerhistory.com/
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David Williams
http://www.trailingedge.com
"Texas Instruments invented the integrated
circuit, the
microprocessor, and the microcomputer. Being
first
is our tradition."
The microprocessor? Anyone know what they use to
make that claim?
Google for "Gilbert Hyatt microprocessor"
24 Feb
24 Feb
3:06 p.m.
nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com wrote:
...
"Texas Instruments invented the integrated circuit,
the microprocessor, and the microcomputer. Being first
is our tradition."
The microprocessor? Anyone know what they use to make
that claim?
"TI filed for the patent on the microprocessor. Gary Boone was awarded
U.S. Patent 3,757,306 for the single-chip microprocessor architecture on
September 4, 1973"
Gary claims he was first (I once worked with him). He's an honest guy -
I have no reason to doubt him. He worked on a lot of watches and
calculators also.
-brad
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