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This diagram is also in poster form: http://tcm.computerhistory.org/Timeline/25YearsMicroprocesso...

I would quibble about a few things. It shows an architectural relationship between the 4004 and 8008, which isn't the case. It shows the almost-unknown TMC 1795, but doesn't show its architectural relation with the 8008. It shows the TMS 0100 and TMS 1000 microcontrollers but not other microcontrollers. Lots of early microprocessors are omitted, giving the impression that not much was happening back then. The lack of ARM1 is disappointing; it shows ARM starting with ARM6. But overall a very interesting diagram.

Texas instruments had some CPUs on late 80's early 90's that was the core of TIGA graphics cards -> TMS34010

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