I interviewed with TI in the early 80s. They asked me about the 9900 and - thinking about those slow off-chip registers - I used the words "weird architecture".

I interviewed with TI in the early 80s. They asked me about the 9900 and - thinking about those slow off-chip registers - I used the words "weird architecture". For some reason they seemed very unhappy about this. I'm very entertained that TI's own 9900 manager had the same opinion of it.