<s>
The	O
TMS34010	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
programmable	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
integrated	O
circuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
specialized	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
existed	O
earlier	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
blitters	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
TMS34010	O
chip	O
is	O
a	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
which	O
includes	O
graphics-oriented	O
instructions	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
a	O
CPU	B-Device
and	O
what	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
Games	O
used	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
its	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
beginning	O
with	O
Narc	B-Application
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
from	O
Atari	O
Games	O
contains	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS34010	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
professional-level	O
video	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
cards	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS34010	O
is	O
a	O
bit	O
addressable	O
,	O
32-bit	O
processor	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
register	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
,	O
each	O
with	O
fifteen	O
registers	O
and	O
sharing	O
a	O
sixteenth	O
stack	O
pointer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
instruction	O
set	O
supports	O
drawing	O
into	O
two-dimensional	O
bitmaps	O
,	O
arbitrary	O
variable-width	O
data	O
,	O
conversion	O
of	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
data	O
to	O
different	O
bit	O
depths	O
,	O
and	O
arithmetic	O
operations	O
on	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS34010	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
executing	O
any	O
general-purpose	O
program	O
and	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
an	O
ANSI	O
compliant	O
C	B-Language
compiler	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
games	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
processor	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
native	O
assembly	O
language	O
,	O
not	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
TMS34010	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Karl	O
Guttag	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
TMS9918	B-Architecture
video	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Texas	O
Instruments	O
 '	O
follow-up	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
TMS34020	B-General_Concept
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
coprocessor	O
to	O
render	O
three-dimensional	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS34010	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
coin-operated	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
from	O
1988	O
–	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS	O
chips	O
are	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
1989	O
Texas	B-Device
Instruments	I-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
(	O
TIGA	O
)	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
professional-level	O
video	O
coprocessor	O
boards	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1991	O
article	O
on	O
graphics	O
adapters	O
,	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
fastest	O
boards	O
for	O
regenerating	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
test	O
images	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TMS34010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun386i	B-Device
uses	O
TMS34010	O
in	O
the	O
CG5	O
(	O
Roadracer	O
)	O
videocard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
A2410	O
graphics	O
card	O
uses	O
the	O
TMS34010	O
and	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
UNIX	O
workstations	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
2500UX	O
and	O
3000UX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
running	O
Amiga	B-Device
UNIX	O
,	O
the	O
card	O
supports	O
the	O
X	O
Window	O
System	O
and	O
gives	O
a	O
high	O
resolution	O
8-bit	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
card	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
when	O
running	O
Amiga	B-Device
OS	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
libraries	O
and	O
some	O
Retargetable	O
Graphics	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
TI	O
demonstrated	O
real-time	O
3D	O
games	O
with	O
stereo	O
sound	O
effects	O
on	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
using	O
a	O
small	O
TMS34010	O
adapter	O
card	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Flippy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
TMS34010	O
,	O
the	O
TMS34020	B-General_Concept
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
provides	O
several	O
enhancements	O
including	O
an	O
interface	O
for	O
a	O
special	O
graphics	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
coprocessor	O
,	O
the	O
TMS34082	O
(	O
1989	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TMS34020	B-General_Concept
was	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Revolution	B-Application
X	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rambrandt	O
Amiga	B-Device
extension	O
card	O
from	O
Progressive	O
Peripherals	O
&	O
Software	O
supported	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
TMS34020	B-General_Concept
,	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
