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Textron Innovations Inc. won a patent in July for a tiltrotor aircraft that carries its rotor assemblies at the front and back of the fuselage rather than on the wingtips. The filing says the arrangement is more structurally efficient and creates less drag than a conventional setup. [Composite image: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12,679,535-B2, Fig. 1; DI Studio]
Patented: Textron’s Modular Tandem Tiltrotor and 176 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Aug 12, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 14 with a total of 177 patents granted.
by Quincy Preston |
Jun 9, 2026
Dallas holds 21 of the region's 49 Fortune 1000 headquarters, with the rest fanning out from Irving and Plano to Frisco and Fort Worth. "Growth is happening in every direction," Dallas Regional Chamber CEO Brad Cheves says.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 9, 2026
TI said its new single-chip solution is the industry's highest-cell-count battery monitor with an integrated EIS engine, bringing "predictive intelligence, comprehensive data, and real-time diagnostics" to battery monitoring in EVs—and in energy storage systems for AI data centers, as well.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 29, 2026
Texas Instruments invented the world's first handheld electronic calculator prototype in 1967. This week, it launched a new graphing calculator "built to meet the demands of today's math classroom" and to grow with students from middle school algebra all the way through college and future STEM careers.
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Verizon's patented system is designed to detect "spoofing attacks" (U.S. Patent No. 12587857) on cellular base stations by comparing a station's known "true position" with a "real time position" calculated from satellite signals, generating an alert when the distance between the two exceeds a set threshold. Grapevine inventor Jerry Gamble, Jr. and Flower Mound inventor Sumanth S. Mallya are named on the patent. [Image: istock Illustration: ThinkNeo/iStockphoto; DI Studio]
Patented: Verizon’s Signal Spoof Detection at Base Stations and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 22, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 24 with a total of 171 patents granted.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 10, 2026
"TI invented the digital signal processor almost 50 years ago, laying the groundwork for today's edge AI processing," said Texas Instruments' Amichai Ron. "Now TI is leading the next phase of innovation by integrating the TinyEngine NPU across our entire microcontroller portfolio."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 5, 2026
By fusing camera and radar data, a new solution from Texas Instruments and NVIDIA improves humanoid robots' object detection, localization, and tracking while reducing false positives for confident, real-time decision-making, TI said.
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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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Texas Instruments President and CEO Haviv Ilan (center), Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Sherman Mayor Shawn Teamann, and company leaders celebrate the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at TI's new 300mm semiconductor fab in Sherman. [Photo: TI]
Texas Instruments Starts Production at New Semiconductor ‘Fab’ in North Texas
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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by Maddie Preston |
Nov 24, 2025
The brain-inspired design could lower the energy and compute costs behind AI training requirements, an increasingly urgent challenge for enterprises.
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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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An employee monitors a wafer transfer at one of Texas Instruments’ 300mm semiconductor fabs in Sherman, Texas, SM1. [Photo: Texas Instruments]
Texas Instruments To Invest Over $60B to Manufacture ‘Billions’ of Semiconductors in North Texas and Utah
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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by Lance Murray |
Apr 22, 2025
"Semiconductor innovation delivers the reliability, precision, integration, and affordability automakers need to increase vehicle autonomy across their entire fleet," said Texas Instruments' Andreas Schaefer.
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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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