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Texas Instruments,
with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, provides innovative DSP and analog
technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing
requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses
include Sensors & Controls and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI
is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or
sales operations in more than 25 countries.
Formerly:
Geophysical
Service Inc.
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DETAILS |
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ETFs |
IXN; SPY |
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Sector |
Technology |
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Industry |
Semiconductor |
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URLs |
http://www.ti.com |
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(NYSE: TXN) |
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SIC |
3674 - Semiconductors &
Related Devices |
| Founded |
May 1930 as
Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI) |
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IPO |
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TIVC;
Granite Ventures |
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HISTORY |
TYPE |
Divestiture / Closures of Businesses |
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Jan 9, 2006 |
DA |
Sensors & Controls business to affiliates of Bain Capital,
LLC, for $3.0 billion in cash. The sale will not include the
radio frequency identification (RFID) systems operations, which
will remain part of Texas Instruments. |
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Dec 1, 2003 |
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Completed the sale of its remaining shares of Micron Technology,
Inc. (NYSE: MU) common stock. Late last month, TI sold
approximately 3.2 million shares of Micron and today sold 29.1
million shares, total of 32.3 million sold. |
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2003 |
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Sensors & Controls Restructuring Action |
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2003 |
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Semiconductor Restructuring Action |
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HISTORY |
TYPE |
Acquisitions / Strategic Investment |
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Dec 21, 2005 |
DA2A |
Chipcon AS, a leading company in the design of short-range,
low-power wireless RF (radio frequency) transceiver devices. TI
agreed to pay approximately $200 million for Chipcon. |
Linked to: Four Seasons Ventrue Group; First Nordic; [via
Figure 8 acquisition] Avalon Ventures; Cardinal Venture
Capital; Viterbi Group |
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Jul 30, 2003 |
TC |
Radia Communications, Inc. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Radia
is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the
development of radio frequency (RF) semiconductor, subsystem,
signal processing and networking technologies for 802.11
wireless local area networking (WLAN) multi-band/multi-mode
radios. | Linked to: FirstHand Capital; Greenlight Capital;
InnoCal Venture Capital; Pac-Link; Third Point |
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Jun 20, 2002 |
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Condat AG |
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Apr 16, 2002 |
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Echo
cancellation software unit of Ditech Communications Corp
(NASDAQ: DITC) | Linked to: 1999 IPOs; Summit Partners |
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Feb 12, 2002 |
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Envoy Networks | Linked to: Bessemer Venture Partners;
Commonwealth Capital Ventures; Lighthouse Capital |
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Sep 4, 2001 |
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Graychip |
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Sep 8, 2000 |
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Alantro Communications | Linked to: North Bay Angels;
VantagePoint Venture Partners |
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Aug 31, 2000 |
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Dot
Wireless |
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Aug 25, 2000 |
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Burr-Brown |
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Jul 7, 2000 |
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Phoenix VLSI Technologies |
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Mar 16, 2000 |
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Toccato |
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Nov 22, 1999 |
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Power Trends | Linked to: Baird Capital; Baird Venture;
Lightspeed Venture; Marquette Venture; Signature Capital |
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Nov 15, 1999 |
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Unitrode |
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Aug 31, 1999 |
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Telogy Networks | Linked to: ABS Ventures; Lightspeed
Venture; Novak Biddle |
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Aug 16, 1999 |
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Integrated Sensors Solutions |
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Jul 1, 1999 |
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ATL
A/S |
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Jun 30, 1999 |
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Libit Signal Processing | Linked to: Giza Venture |
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Feb 4, 1999 |
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Butterfly VLSI | Linked to: Apax; CSK Venture; Gemini Israel;
Genesis Partners; Giza Venture; Nexus Group |
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Nov 6, 1998 |
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High-end disk drive electronics business of Adaptec | Linked
to: Berkley Intl. Capital; Lightspeed Venture; New Enterprise
Associates |
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Feb 27, 1998 |
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Amati Communications Corp. | Linked to: Al Dorado Ventures;
Institutional Venture Partners; Morgenthaler - Ventures [Note:
Amati 1995 merger w ICOT] |
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Feb 17, 1998 |
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Spectron Microsystems |
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Jan 6, 1998 |
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GO
DSP Corporation |
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Dec 31, 1997 |
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Oasix Corporation |
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Dec 31, 1997 |
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Arisix Corporation |
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Jan 2, 1997 |
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Intersect Technologies |
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Jul 9, 1996 |
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Silicon Systems Inc. | Linked to: New Enterprise
Associates; TA Associates; TDK Corp. |
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May 21, 1996 |
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Tartan |
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Micron Technology, Inc. |
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