300mm silicon wafer manufacturing facility

Texas Instruments CEO Haviv Ilan (left) and Silicon Labs President & CEO Matt Johnson [Photos: TI/Silicon Labs]

Dallas’ Texas Instruments To Acquire Austin’s Silicon Labs for $7.5 Billion

by Sandra Engelland | Feb 4, 2026

The acquisition aims to create a global leader in embedded wireless connectivity solutions by combining Silicon Labs' portfolio and expertise in mixed signal solutions with Texas Instruments' analog and embedded processing portfolio, along with its technology and manufacturing capabilities, TI said.

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GlobalWafers Awarded Up to $400M in CHIPS Funding for Silicon Wafer Plants in North Texas and Missouri

by David Seeley | Jul 17, 2024

Under new federal funding announced Wednesday by the Commerce Department, Taiwan-based GlobalWafers will build and expand facilities in Sherman and St. Peters, Missouri. In Sherman, the investment would establish "the first 300mm silicon wafer manufacturing facility for advanced chips" in the U.S.—along with the production of 150mm and 200mm silicon cabide epitaxy wafers.

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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....

Patented: Synergen Technology Labs’ Baby Monitor That Responds to Infant Vitals with Sound and Light, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity

Beyond Synergen Technology Labs, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

American Airlines’ payment processing during vehicular travel
Bank of America’s detection of underutilized data center resources
Blue Box Air’s self-cleaning and maintaining HVAC heat transfer coils
Frito-Lay North America’s bulk food dispenser with environmental control
Huawei Technologies’ stitching enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) with cloud virtual private clouds (VPCs)
Lennox Industries’ system for improving indoor air quality
MamaMed’s walking boot apparatus
McKesson’s computer program product for estimating a target quantitative measure based upon historical electronic messages
Samsung Electronics’ machine learning segmentation-based tone mapping in high noise and high dynamic range environments or other environments
Toyota’s vehicle shutdown based on a dangerous situation

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BNSF Logistics Promotes Its COO to President and CEO

Dallas-based BNSF Logistics, a leading multi-modal third-party logistics service provider, has appointed David Ivan as its president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

“I’m excited to step into this new role at BNSF Logistics and to continue to work alongside such an exceptional team, focused on positioning us for long-term growth,” Ivan said in a statement....

Solis Mammography Names Former Carestream Dental Leader as Its New CEO

Addison-based Solis Mammography, the nation’s largest independent provider of specialized breast health services, has named Lisa Ashby as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately. She succeeds Grant Davies, who’s retiring after six years in the role....

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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

Patented: Synergen Technology Labs’ Baby Monitor That Responds to Infant Vitals with Sound and Light, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity

Beyond Synergen Technology Labs, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

American Airlines’ payment processing during vehicular travel
Bank of America’s detection of underutilized data center resources
Blue Box Air’s self-cleaning and maintaining HVAC heat transfer coils
Frito-Lay North America’s bulk food dispenser with environmental control
Huawei Technologies’ stitching enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) with cloud virtual private clouds (VPCs)
Lennox Industries’ system for improving indoor air quality
MamaMed’s walking boot apparatus
McKesson’s computer program product for estimating a target quantitative measure based upon historical electronic messages
Samsung Electronics’ machine learning segmentation-based tone mapping in high noise and high dynamic range environments or other environments
Toyota’s vehicle shutdown based on a dangerous situation

Dallas Invents is a look at U.S....

BNSF Logistics Promotes Its COO to President and CEO

Dallas-based BNSF Logistics, a leading multi-modal third-party logistics service provider, has appointed David Ivan as its president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Solis Mammography Names Former Carestream Dental Leader as Its New CEO

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