EST: Established in 1930 as Geophysical Service Incorporated and became known as Texas Instruments in 1951
Headquarters: Dallas, Texas
Founded by: Cecil H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott, and Patrick E. Haggerty
Texas Instruments (TI) NASDAQ TXN is among the top five largest brands of semiconductors worldwide and leads the industry in DSP's and analog semiconductors. It is known for many accomplishments such as producing the first commercial silicon transistor, the first transistor radio in 1954, and the first single-chip speech synthesizer in 1978. Perhaps the most influential contribution to our daily life was their introduction of the world's first hand-held calculator in 1967. Texas Instruments continues to develop and manufacture innovative product that enables the wireless and broadband access markets as well as digital cameras and digital audio.
