Texas Instruments

Based in Dallas, Texas, Texas Instruments was established on December 6, 1941; its more popularly know as TI. They are prominent manufacturers of semiconductors and development of computer technology. In 2006, they claimed the 167 spot on the Fortune 500 list. TI was an active contributor towards defense technology. They manufactured electronics for the U.S Navy and the U.S Army Signal Corps during World War 2. They were also involved in producing EO systems, missiles, laser-guided weapons, and airborne radars. They were the inventors of commercial silicon transistors, integrated circuits, and electronic hand-held calculators. TI was the first to introduce the chip speech synthesizer, which was incorporated in a product known as the 'Speak & Sell'. This product was used in the block-buster movie 'E.T, the Extra Terrestrial'. TI also introduced similar versions of this product, namely 'Speak & Math' and 'Speak & Read'. TI graphing calculators are a rage among student. They manufacture simple calculators with basic functions and more advanced calculators for more complicated tasks. With the provided link port, students can copy programs on to their calculators and learn computer programming. Currently TI's star products are semiconductors, wireless terminal business solutions, sensors & controls, and educational & productivity solutions. They is the world's largest supplier of wireless chipsets. Other products include digital still cameras, DSL modems, cable modems, WLAN solutions, residential gateway products, streaming media, speech compression and recognition, and voice over products.