'''Thomson''' is a French High-Tech corporation who produced Weapons or HI-FI Electronic devices.
It used to produce 8-bit home computers in the 80's though sub-companies : '''SIMMIVSIMIV''' (Société Internationale de Micro-Informatique et de Vidéo) also known as '''Thomson Micro.''' (1983-1989)
When the Amstrad arrived they whipped them out of the French market, they remain a well known fail in France, and are still quite beloved in this country by those who knew them at school.