Texas Instruments TMS1000

The TMS1000 is a family of <a href="/facts/Microcontroller/MKrnAhnm">microcontrollers</a> introduced by <a href="/facts/Texas_Instruments/88NUhuHF">Texas Instruments</a> in 1974. It combines a <a href="/facts/4-bit/C0MF1C62">4-bit</a> <a href="/facts/Central_processor_unit/Jxp1bqMV">central processor unit</a>, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and input/output (I/O) lines as a complete "computer on a chip". It was intended for <a href="/facts/Embedded_system/a4muX1wU">embedded systems</a> in automobiles, appliances, games, and measurement instruments. It was the first high-volume, general-purpose commercial microcontroller. In 1974, chips in this family could be purchased in volume for around $2 each. By 1979 about 26 million parts in this family were sold every year.
The TMS 1000 is used in Texas Instruments' own <a href="/facts/Speak_%26_Spell_(toy)/Fn2LGVxK">Speak & Spell</a> educational toy, the <a href="/facts/Big_Trak/XJbrIlzR">Big Trak</a> programmable toy vehicle and in the electronic game <a href="/facts/Simon_(game)/x3UphjPm">Simon</a>.

Texas Instruments TMS1000 open-in-new

Texas Instruments TMS1000