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The latest TI-84 Plus gives an unmatched contrast
of the pixels and a crystal clear view.

The screen of the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition is
identical, only the color of the housing changed.

The TI-89 Titanium sports much more pixels in the rows
and columns compared to the TI-84 Plus series.

The new TI-84 Plus integrated not only the 
Z80 microprocessor but also the RAM and 
USB logic into an ASIC. The LCD-driver is 
now integrated on the main PCB.

The new TI-84 Plus Silver Edition makes use of an
identical PCB like its smaller sibling TI-84 Plus but
sports a Flash ROM of 2M Bytes instead the 1M Bytes
chip.

The new TI-89 Titanium is centered around an ASIC, too.
Nevertheless is the architecture totally different, one of
the chips on the printed circuit board is a standard
MC68EC000 32-bit microcomputer.

The TI-84 Plus ASIC in 2004:

 The TI-84 Plus Silver Edition ASIC in 2004:

The TI-89 Titanium ASIC in 2004:

The TI-84 Plus with the "TA3" ASIC in 2005.

The TI-84 Plus S.E. with the "TA3" ASIC in 2007.

The TI-89 Titanium with the "-0003" ASIC in 2007.

The TI-84 Plus with the smaller "TA1" ASIC in 2008.

The TI-84 Plus S.E. with the smaller "TA1" ASIC in 2008.

 

The Toshiba display driver of the TI-84 Plus in a small
chip-on-board housing mounted on a small PCB:

The Toshiba display driver of the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
is identical (The position of some tape differs only).

The huge screen of the TI-89 Titanium makes use of the
two Sharp chip-on-board display drivers known from the TI-89.

The Novatek display driver of the TI-84 Plus 
found in calculators manufactured mid 2008.

The Novatek display driver of the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
found in calculators manufactured mid 2008.

 


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