Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments is a successful developer and manufacturer of semiconductors and computers, and is often referred to by its initials, TI. It has developed many important technologies, including the integrated circuit and the transistor radio, and modern technologies including DLP hardware and its line of graphing calculators. it manufacture of semiconductors, calculators, and DLP technologies.

Fast Facts

1. Stock symbol: TXN
2. Annual revenue (2007): $13.83 billion
3. Founded: 1930
4. Founders: Cecil H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott, and Patrick E. Haggerty
5. Year established: 1951
6. Industry: Semiconductors and computers
7. Phone: 972-995-3773
8. Fax: 972-995-4360
9. HQ: Dallas, Texas
10. Chairman, President, and CEO: Richard K. Templeton
11. CFO: Kevin P. March
12. Employees: 30,986 (2007)

Key Dates

• December 6, 1941: Four investors purchase Geophysical Service Incorporated (GSI), a seismic exploration firm focusing on the petroleum industry that shifted to producing electronics during World War II

• 1951: GSI continues to produce electronics, and changes its name to Texas Instruments (TI)

• 1954: Develops the first transistor radio

• 1950s: The integrated circuit is independently developed between Jack Kilby of TI and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor

• 1967: Invents the hand-held calculator

• 1971: Invents the single-chip microcomputer

• 1973: Assigned the first patent for a single-chip microprocessor

• 1988: Sells its GSI interests to Halliburton

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