TMS 1000 Semiconductor Wafer by Texas Instruments
date: label: date made
content: 1974-1975
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: Texas Instruments was one of the first companies to manufacture integrated circuits on wafers of silicon. This one is marked on a tag on the back: TMS 1000 (/) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. The thin circular disc has a museum box and plastic disc for support.
label: Description
content: The TMS1000 was, according to the donor, "a general purpose 'computer on a chip.' with more capability than needed for a calculator application. Its input and output timings are programmable. The instruction words are smaller, more general and more efficient than TMS 800. The main features of TMS 1000 are 8192 bit ROM, 256 bit Random Access Memory, 11 latched control/data strobe outputs, programmable instruction decoder and 8 parallel outputs and output programmable array. The TMS 1000 is the first chip to work with a single power supply."
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: 1977.3005.06.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Texas Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CI.336007
label: accession number
content: 319050
label: catalog number
content: 336007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic component
label: Object Name
content: electronic component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silicon (wafer material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .08 cm x 5.3 cm x 5.2 cm; 1/32 in x 2 3/32 in x 2 1/16 in