The predecessor of Texas Instruments was a geophysical business company established in 1930 to engage in geological exploration, and later switched to arms supply. However, Texas Instruments is really famous because of its later involvement in signal processing, such as the application of this technology to submarine detection.

In 1954, 8 years after the establishment of the first electronic equipment laboratory, TI was formally established and produced the world’s first silicon transistor. Later, after a court decision, Texas Instruments’ Jack Kilby and Fairchild Semiconductor jointly invented the integration Circuits have fundamentally changed the semiconductor industry.

In 1967, TI invented a handheld calculator with a price of up to $2500, which became a childhood memory of many Americans. Since then, Texas Instruments will shift its focus to the development of faster and smaller chips. On the Apollo lunar exploration module, chip components from Texas Instruments are used. In the 1970s, a four-person scientific research team from Texas Instruments invented a single-chip speech synthesizer on a toy called I Say You Pin The first children‘s toy equipped with DSP technology.

In 1982, it appeared in Spielberg‘s blockbuster "ET" and became the pinnacle of popular culture. At this stage, Texas Instruments, which is at the forefront of the DSP technological revolution, launched the first single-chip microcontroller that integrates all computing components, and began to enter the household appliances, consumer electronics and industrial equipment markets. Set off a digital storm. In the early days, DSP application fields were really limited, but after cooperating with a small company called worlds of wonder to launch a toy Julie that could be heard, Texas Instruments suddenly realized that they must constantly open up new application markets for DSP technology, and at the same time The product is made more portable. In order to cater to customers, they reduce power loss by half every two years.

In 1990, Texas Instruments occupied the leading position in the graphing calculator industry with its first application processor (OMAP) designed specifically for mobile phones and the TI-81 later launched.

In 1997, Texas Instruments, which took ten years to overcome the difficulties, finally commercialized digital light processing (DLP) technology. Later, many companies tried to enter the field, but all failed. Currently, 90% of the projectors on the market use Texas Instruments‘ DLP technology, and most theater screens are also inseparable from Texas Instruments.

In 2000, after launching the industry’s lowest power consumption chip TM320C55xDSP, Texas Instruments spent US$7.6 billion to acquire analog chip manufacturer Burr-Brown, surpassing Toshiba, which was previously indiscriminate, and became a semiconductor company second only to Intel and Samsung, especially In the field of integrated circuits, TI‘s market share is as high as 50%. At this time, Texas Instruments focused its development on analog and embedded processing technologies, and produced semiconductor technologies that support multiple applications.

In 2005, Texas Instruments, which was advancing all the way, surpassed Samsung, and its status was close to Intel. Two years later, Texas Instruments released the first single-chip digital mobile phone solution (LoCosto), which made everything look smarter by adding mobile phone functions.

In 2009, the laboratory named after the inventor of integrated circuit Kilby was formally established and became an important base for Texas Instruments to cultivate innovative talents.

However, when Apple released the first generation of mobile phones, when Qualcomm gradually dominated the market by taking advantage of the east wind, Texas Instruments, which once relied on Nokia and Motorola to dominate the side, because its own chips did not have 3G/4G module modulation and demodulation, leading mobile phone manufacturers if they want to use Texas Instruments’ Chips must be equipped with other chips at an additional cost. In the face of profit, Texas Instruments‘ market share in the field of mobile phone chips plummeted. Finally decisively withdrew from the mobile phone market, and continued to make efforts in the field of analog + embedded processing technology. For example, through Texas Instruments‘ DSP, portable ultrasound equipment will appear in field hospitals, air conditioning performance has been greatly improved, security cameras can complete alarms more accurately, and bulky and expensive medical devices are so small that doctors can hold them in their hands.

In 2011, Texas Instruments, which leads with a 14% analog semiconductor market share, acquired long-time competitor National Semiconductor (3% market share). Former CEO Rich Templeton stated in a statement that this The significance of this acquisition is that National Semiconductor has an excellent development team. The combination of its products and our products can provide customers with an unmatched analog chip product portfolio in depth and breadth. In the same year, Texas Instruments introduced the industry‘s first micro-power boost charger for energy harvesting applications and the first full-color graphical calculator with backlit display.

When a small company makes a request, Texas Instruments will give you hundreds of products to choose from. When a large company seeks cooperation, Texas Instruments will directly form a development team that satisfies you. In the late 1950s, Texas Instruments manufactured the world‘s first laser missile, and later sold its defense business to Raytheon. Today, Texas Instruments is still ranked 192nd in the world‘s top 500 by virtue of its business scope. It is said that because of excessive investment in DLP, Texas Instruments has not yet made a profit in this technology.

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