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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.
by David Seeley |
Jan 27, 2026
Powered by a dual-loop AI system. UBTECH's Walker S2 robots deliver "human-eye" vision perception for "enhanced adaptability in complex factories." They can also swap out their own batteries—and work 24/7 shifts.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 17, 2025
Called SM1, TI's new semiconductor "fab" in Sherman represents up to $40 billion in investments. It's slated to ultimately produce "tens of millions of chips daily that go into nearly every electronic device"—from smartphones, automotive systems, and life-saving medical devices to industrial robots, smart home appliances, and data centers.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 10, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 4 with a total of 156 patents granted.
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Dallas Hall, SMU [Photo: GEMS]
How a Dallas Nonprofit Is Launching Girls Into STEM
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Jul 17, 2025
From oil spill experiments to AI-powered avatars, GEMS Camp gives girls hands-on experiences that build skills and a path to STEM. The camp, founded by a former teacher, has reached more than 1,300 participants—and 85% have pursued science, technology, engineering, or math in college.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-based TI said it's working with the Trump administration to expand its U.S. foundational semiconductor manufacturing capacity at its "fab" plants in Richardson and Sherman in North Texas, as well as in Lehi, Utah. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs, the company said.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 11, 2025
TI's award is in support of the food bank's new five-year strategic initiative, Fulfilling Futures, which aims to close "critical meal gaps" among other key goals. The foundation has awarded over $6 million to the food bank since 2018.
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NVIDIA's headquarters in Santa Clara, California. [Photo: Nvidia]
NVIDIA To Manufacture AI Supercomputers in North Texas as Part of Half‑Trillion-Dollar Push
by David Seeley | Apr 15, 2025
NVIDIA's Taiwan-based manufacturing partners, including Wistron in North Texas and Foxconn in Houston, will build plants to produce the first NVIDIA AI supercomputers ever to be built entirely in the U.S. The goal: powering a new generation of AI data centers while "hardening supply chain resilience."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 27, 2025
The 11 North Texas companies who helped define "what innovation looks like in 2025" were led by AT&T at No. 37, followed among the top 100 by Texas Instruments, Charles Schwab, and McKesson.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2025
Measuring only 1.38mm, Texas Instruments' new MCU is about the size of a black pepper flake. But it could have a big impact in helping to create "shrinking products"—from medical wearables to electric toothbrushes to stylus pens and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 21 with a total of 138 patents granted.
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Guests took turns atop a Texas Longhorn during the Best of Texas Bus Tour stop in Marshall, Texas. [Photo: Day One Experts]
East Meets West: Investors, Businesspeople from Japan & Taiwan Take Economic Tour of Texas
by Lance Murray | Dec 3, 2024
The five-day Best of Texas Bus Tour included DFW stops at NTT Data, Toyota Motor North America, and GlobalWafers—with time out for longhorn-riding portraits along the way.
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by UTDesign Capstone |
Nov 14, 2024
Companies are leveraging UTD student talent to tackle real world business projects—from engineering to data science to management. And many are finding their next great hires in the process. Apply now to secure your own project for Spring 2025.
sponsored by UTDesign Capstone
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2024
An alternative to silicon, gallium nitride-based power semiconductors feature a material that offers benefits in energy-efficiency, switching speed, power solution size and weight, overall system cost, and performance under high temperatures and high-voltage conditions, Texas Instruments said.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 16, 2024
The funding from the U.S. Commerce Department will support the construction of two semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman, 40 miles north of Dallas—part of TI's $30 billion, four "fab" project in the city. It will also support the buildout of another TI fab plant in Lehi, Utah.
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