{"id":922,"date":"2013-09-19T21:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T21:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=922"},"modified":"2013-09-22T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T11:14:17","slug":"texas-instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=922","title":{"rendered":"Texas Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Company Pedigree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ascendant Companies<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nDescendant Companies<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Company<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nComments<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nCompany<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nComments<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TI<\/span><\/td>\nFounded as Geophysical Service, Inc. in 1930. Purchased a license from Western Electric (AT&T) to manufacture transistors in 1952.<\/span><\/td>\nMostek<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nFounded by L. J. Sevin and other TI employees in 1969.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harris<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nAcquired Harris’ CMOS products in 1998.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burr-Brown<\/span><\/td>\nAcquired by TI in 2000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Company Overview<\/h2>\n

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Major Achievements<\/h2>\n

1954 – 1st silicon transistor<\/p>\n

1954 – Developed first transistor radio, TR-1<\/p>\n

1958 – 1st Germanium integrated circuit – Jack Kilby<\/p>\n

1964 – First consumer product containing ICs (Zenith Hearing Aid)<\/p>\n

1967 – Invented the hand held calculator – Jack Kilby<\/p>\n

1971 – TMC1802, first calculator on a chip<\/p>\n

1974 – TMS1000, first microcomputer on a chip<\/p>\n

1978 – First single-chip speech synthesizer (found in TI Speak&Spell)<\/p>\n

1988 – Development of SuperSparc chips for Sun Micro Systems (1st chip 1991)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noted Employees<\/h2>\n

Gordon Teal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Originally at Bell Labs; Developed first silicon transistors<\/p>\n

Jack Kilby\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Co-inventor of the integrated circuit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chip Identification<\/h2>\n

Common Texas Instruments Chip Markings<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Texas Instruments Chips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/span>Microprocessors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU’s<\/span><\/td>\nTMS9900<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCU’s<\/span><\/td>\nTMS1000<\/a>, TMS1070<\/a>, TMS1098<\/a>, TMS1099<\/a>, TMS1100<\/a>, TMS1200<\/a>, TMS1270<\/a>, TMS1300<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bit-Slice<\/span><\/td>\nSBP400<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coprocessors<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 <\/span>Memory Devices<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EEPROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CCD Memory<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bubble Memory<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 <\/span>General Use Support Chips<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shift Registers<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interfaces<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communications<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Second Sourced Chips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0 <\/span>Microprocessors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU’s<\/span><\/td>\nIntel 8080 (TMS8080)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCU’s<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bit-Slice<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 <\/span>Memory Devices<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EEPROM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CCD Memory<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bubble Memory<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 <\/span>General Use Support Chips<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shift Registers<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interfaces<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communications<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendant Companies Company Comments Company Comments TI Founded as Geophysical Service, Inc. in 1930. Purchased a license from Western Electric (AT&T) to manufacture transistors in 1952. Mostek Founded by L. J. Sevin and other TI employees in 1969. Harris Acquired Harris’ CMOS products in 1998. Burr-Brown Acquired by TI in 2000 … <\/p>\n

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