Texas Instruments facts for kids
Texas Instruments (often called TI) is a big electronics company. They make special parts called semiconductors and other cool electronic gadgets, like calculators.
TI started way back in 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was first known as "Geophysical Research Corporation." This company was a part of another company called Amerada Petroleum. Later, in 1930, they became a new, independent company named Geophysical Service, Incorporated.
In 1951, this company became a part of General Instruments. That same year, its name was changed to Texas Instruments (TI). The main office, or headquarters, for TI is in Dallas, Texas.
Today, TI is one of the largest companies in the world that makes semiconductors. They are also a top supplier of chips for cell phones. TI is especially known for making digital signal processors (DSPs) and analog semiconductors. They create many different kinds of semiconductor products.
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Entrance to Texas Instruments North Campus facility in Dallas, Texas
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Transistorized "logic" chip, an integrated circuit produced by TI
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Texas Instruments and other brands of 7400 series TTL and CMOS logic
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TI-30 electronic calculator, 1976
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TI operated this Convair 240 on experimental work in the 1980s fitted with a modified extended nose section.
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Texas Instruments, DLP Cinema Prototype Projector, Mark V, 2000
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DLP CINEMA, a Texas Instruments technology
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In Spanish: Texas Instruments para niños
