TI has begun previewing the soon to be released TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition graphing calculator. This product will be available in the Spring of 2013. The TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition has all the functionality of the best-selling TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators - now with color and TI Rechargeable Battery.
First post!On ticalc.org, I remember that back in 2002-06 or so, staff deleted every post that included "First post" in them, even if the post included content that is relevant to the news or great info, because every new had someone post that. :P
I lost the game and I think this is awesome.
-What is the processor speed? There is wide speculation about Z80 processors not being able to go beyond 25 MHz.According to Wikipedia, the eZ80 can go up to 50 MHz and is fully compatible. Maybe this /the/ one that's in there. :P
I wonder why they use the same damn cpu. The thing is too damn slow for proper graph plotting.Actually, the Z80 is sufficiently fast enough. TI's code is just really, really inefficient. You could write quite a fast grapher using BBC BASIC.
Nope, because TI apparently said that it was the exact same Z80 processor as the one present in the TI-84+ models.Well I was not told "the exact same", but rather something like "kind of the same model", so maybe just a bit different (hopefully better frequency....)
Just wrapped up with Texas Instruments official Dale Philbrick, who gave me the first interview where TI went on record about the new color TI-84+ C Silver Edition graphing calculator. I've got a ton of information for all of you, including what this means for the future of the TI-Nspire, and I plan to post later tonight."
Zilog’s eZ80® CPU is a high-speed, 8-bit microcontroller capable of executing code four times faster than a standard Z80 operating at the same clock speed. The increased processing efficiency of the eZ80 CPU improves available bandwidth and decrease power consumption. The eZ80 CPU’s 8-bit processing power rivals the performance of competitors’ 16-bit microcontrollers.[emphasis added]
The eZ80 CPU is also the first 8-bit microcontroller to support 16 MB linear addressing. Each software module, or each task, under a real-time executive or operating system can operate in Z80-compatible (64 KB) mode or full 24-bit (16 MB) address mode.
The eZ80 CPU’s instruction set is a superset of the instruction sets for the Z80 and Z180 CPUs. The Z80 and Z180 programs are executed on an eZ80 CPU with little or no modification.
Glad to hear. At least we should probably still be able to transfer some programs to 83/83+ users or vice-versa (which lacks an USB port).Nope, because TI apparently said that it was the exact same Z80 processor as the one present in the TI-84+ models.Well I was not told "the exact same", but rather something like "kind of the same model", so maybe just a bit different (hopefully better frequency....)
And indeed, I/O port present.
EDIT : More info very soon thanks to TechPoweredMath !Quote from: Tech Powered MathJust wrapped up with Texas Instruments official Dale Philbrick, who gave me the first interview where TI went on record about the new color TI-84+ C Silver Edition graphing calculator. I've got a ton of information for all of you, including what this means for the future of the TI-Nspire, and I plan to post later tonight."