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The document provides an overview of the history and development of the TMS9900 microprocessor developed by Texas Instruments in the early 1970s. It was the first 16-bit microprocessor and was used in the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A microcomputers but missed an opportunity to be used in IBM PCs. The TMS9900 was succeeded by chips like the TMS9995 and the TMS99000 series which were used in embedded controllers and the TI-990/10A minicomputer. The document discusses applications of the TMS9900 family and variants that were implemented.

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The document provides an overview of the history and development of the TMS9900 microprocessor developed by Texas Instruments in the early 1970s. It was the first 16-bit microprocessor and was used in the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A microcomputers but missed an opportunity to be used in IBM PCs. The TMS9900 was succeeded by chips like the TMS9995 and the TMS99000 series which were used in embedded controllers and the TI-990/10A minicomputer. The document discusses applications of the TMS9900 family and variants that were implemented.

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TABLE OF

CONTENTS
History

TMS9900 Product Development

Applications

Implementations

Variants
HISTORY
Texas Instruments
The TMS9900 from Texas
Instruments was made by the
early 1970's
The first 16-bit home computer
In 1976, missed its chance to
being chosen by IBM to power
the IBM personal computers
caused by its several problems.
TMS9900 became the heart of
the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A micro
computers
A number of successor chips
followed such as the TMS9995
which found use as embedded
controller
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

TMS9995

3 times faster than any


previous 9900
processor TMS99000

TMS9900 TMS99000 series of


microprocessors was
developed and used as
the CPU in the 990/10A
minicomputer.
Geneve 9640
From TMS9995 that
found only use to tomy
tutor to TI99-4/A,
Geneve 9640
developed
TOMY TUTOR
APPLICATIONS

TI decided to
employ only 128 16- The TI-99/4's
bit words of fast performance was
RAM that the hampered by 16KB
TMS9900 could of 8-bit DRAM .
access directly.

The TI TM990
family of computer
modules includes
CPU, memory, I/O,
and more.
IMPLEMENTATIONS

Shortest
The TMS 9900 was
instructions
implemented in an
require eight clock
N-Channel silicon
cycles or 2.7μs to
gate MOS process
complete.

The processor can


The chip was be paused with the
packaged in a address bus tri-
(then unusual) 64- stated for external
pin, 0.9" wide DIP. direct memory
access (DMA)
Variants
Texas Manufacturer Chip
VARIANTS

0
5
10
15
20
25

TI
99
TI 0/
99 9
0
T I /10
99
TM 0/
S 9 12
TM 90
S9 0
TM 94
S9 0
TM 98
S9 0
TM 9
8
S9 1
TM 98
S9 5
TM 98
S9 9
TM 9
S9 95
TM 91
05
S9
TM 9
1
S 9 10
91
20
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