TMX 1795: the first, forgotten microprocessor...

[Teddy Rogers]

TMX 1795: the first, forgotten microprocessor

 

The first microprocessor, the TMX 1795 had the same architecture as the 8008 but was built months before the 8008. Never sold commercially, this Texas Instruments processor is now almost forgotten even though it had a huge impact on the computer industry. In this article, I present the surprising history of the TMX 1795 in detail, look at other early processors, and explain why the TMX 1795 should be considered the first microprocessor.

 

http://www.righto.com/2015/05/the-texas-instruments-tmx-1795-first.html

 

Ted.

[mrexodia]

So funny how I was approximately -27 at the time

[abbas]

I don't know why but reading this article gives me a strange feeling

[Artic]

interestuing read.

[chickenbutt]

I think Bell Labs and DARPA had Turing complete processors before TI and Intel but I'm not certain