Editing TI Advanced Scientific Computer (section)

==History==
TI began as a division of [[Geophysical Service Incorporated]] (GSI), a company that performed [[reflection seismology|seismic]] surveys for [[oil exploration]] companies. GSI was now a subsidiary of TI, and TI wanted to apply the latest computer technology to the processing and analysis of seismic datasets. The ASC project started as the ''Advanced Seismic Computer''. As the project developed, TI decided to expand its scope. "Seismic" was replaced by "Scientific" in the name, allowing the project to retain the designation ASC.

Originally the software, including an [[operating system]] and a [[FORTRAN]] compiler, were done under contract by [[Computer Usage Company]], under direction of George R. Trimble, Jr.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |author= George R. Trimble Jr. |title= CUC History |date= June 24, 2005 |publisher= Computer History Museum |url= http://corphist.computerhistory.org/corphist/documents/doc-437a4a92bbf21.doc |access-date=May 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title= A brief history of computing. Memoirs of living on the edge |author=George R. Trimble Jr. |journal= IEEE Annals of the History of Computing |volume= 23 |issue= 3 |publisher= IEEE Computer Society |date= Summer 2001 |pages= 44–59 |doi= 10.1109/85.948905|s2cid=5259268 }}</ref>
but later taken over by TI itself.  Southern Methodist University in Dallas developed an ALGOL compiler for the ASC.