Texas Instruments Inc is going into the building block business on its own account, developing a Business Graphics Array logic controller for its TI34010 graphics signal processor for those wanting to design VGA-compatible boards with higher resolutions up to 1,024 by 768 pixels: the 34092 integrates many of the chips needed to build a high-resolution graphics board around the 34010, including memory controller and a display pipeline controller, which controls the resolution and colour palette, reducing by half the size of the board needed, and Microbytes Daily suggests it could cut the price of boards to $500 or $600 from the present near-$1,000; samples are set for early next year with volume in mid-1990; a version for the new, faster 34020 chip is also planned.
