Editing TI Advanced Scientific Computer (section)

==Market reception==
When ASC machines first became available in the early 1970s, they outperformed almost all other machines, including the [[CDC STAR-100]], and under certain conditions matched that of the one-off [[ILLIAC IV]]. However, only seven had been installed when the [[Cray-1]] was announced in 1975. The Cray-1 dedicated almost all of its design to sustained high-speed access to memory,{{Clarify|date=May 2010}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} including over one million 64-bit words of semiconductor memory and a cycle time that was one-fifth that of the ASC (12.5&nbsp;ns). Although the ASC was in some ways a more expandable design, in the supercomputer market speed is preferred,{{Clarify|date=May 2010}} and the Cray-1 was much faster. ASC sales ended almost overnight, and although an upgraded ASC had been designed with a cycle time one-fifth that of the original, Texas Instruments decided to exit the market.