TI and firsts

[Dwight Elvey]

Hi
 How foes Fairchild fit into this. It is true that
the F8 was a two chip setup but then no more then
the 4004 was a single chip processor. The ROM and
RAM devices on the 4004 buss watched the instruction stream
and did things based on the instruction.
 Where does that fit in with TI?
Dwight

>From: nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com
>
>I've seen the Ray Holt thing before but wasn't
>familiar with Gilbert Hyatt.  So it appears that at
>the time, TI took on Intel and won the claim, at that
>time, to the title of creator of the microprocessor. 
>Explains their statement now.
>
>--- 'Computer Collector Newsletter'
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>> And then there's Ray Holt:
>> http://www.microcomputerhistory.com/
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of William Maddox
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>> Subject: Re: TI and firsts
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>> --- nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com wrote:
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>> > "Texas Instruments invented the integrated
>> circuit, the 
>> > microprocessor, and the microcomputer. Being first
>> is our tradition."
>> > 
>> > The microprocessor?  Anyone know what they use to
>> make that claim?
>> 
>> Google for "Gilbert Hyatt microprocessor"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>David Williams
>http://www.trailingedge.com
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