Type Home computer
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Release date June 1981
Introductory price US$525 (equivalent to $1,490 in 2020)
Discontinued March 1984
Units shipped 2.8 million
Did Texas Instruments make computers?
Type Home computer
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CPU TMS9900 @ 3 MHz
Memory 16 KB RAM 256 bytes scratchpad RAM
Graphics TMS9918A
Predecessor TI-99/4
When did TI 99 4A come out?
1981
What did Texas Instruments invented?
Microprocessor. Texas Instruments invented the hand-held calculator (a prototype called "Cal Tech") in 1967 and the single-chip microcomputer in 1971, was assigned the first patent on a single-chip microprocessor (invented by Gary Boone) on September 4, 1973.
What devices does Texas Instruments make?
We design, manufacture, test and sell analog and embedded semiconductors that help our nearly 100,000 customers around the globe create differentiated applications in markets that include industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems.