Texas Instruments

TI Launches New Radar Sensor, Lidar Laser Driver to Advance Automotive Safety

by | 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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NVIDIA To Manufacture AI Supercomputers in North Texas as Part of Half‑Trillion-Dollar Push
by | 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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11 North Texas Companies Make Fortune’s 2025 ‘Most Innovative’ List
by | 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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Dallas-Based TI Launches World’s Smallest Microcontroller Unit for ‘Shrinking Products”
by | 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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Dallas-Based TI Debuts Radar Sensor, Audio Processors to Enhance ‘In-Cabin Automotive Experiences’

by | Jan 7, 2025
Texas Instruments said the edge AI capabilities of its new radar sensor help improve automotive safety, while its next-gen microcontroller units and processors elevate driving via "more immersive audio." All are being debuted this week at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.
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East Meets West: Investors, Businesspeople from Japan & Taiwan Take Economic Tour of Texas
by | 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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How Partnering With UTD Capstone Programs Is a Strategic Advantage for Forward-Thinking Companies
by | 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.
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Dallas-Based TI Begins Manufacturing GaN Semiconductors in Japan, Quadrupling Capacity Along with North Texas Production
by | 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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TI Rolls Out 90% Smaller Controller for ‘Epic’ 4K UHD Displays for Gaming, Entertainment, & AR Glasses

by | Aug 6, 2024
Designed for future, more compact video and gaming projectors—and augmented reality glasses—the new controller will enable "the smallest, fastest, and lowest-power 4K ultra-high-definition projectors ever," TI says. Instead of needing a giant HDTV on the wall, you'll just need the wall.
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Texas Instruments Launches New Magnetic Packaging Tech for Power Modules, Doubling Power Density
by | Jul 16, 2024
Dallas-based TI says the innovation uses proprietary, newly engineered material and has been "nearly a decade in the making." Jeff Morroni of TI's Kilby Labs added that designers "turn to power modules to save on time, complexity, size and component count, but these benefits have required a compromise on performance—until now."
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Texas Instruments Adds Rice University President to Its Board
by | Feb 23, 2024
Reginald DesRoches has been the president of Rice University in Houston since 2022 and a professor of engineering there since 2017.
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Texas Instruments Launches New Radar Sensor Chips for ‘Smarter, Safer Vehicles’
by | Jan 8, 2024
"From more advanced driver assistance systems to smarter electric vehicle powertrain systems, TI is working alongside automakers to reimagine how reliable and intelligent technology can enable safer vehicles," said Fern Yoon, director of automotive systems at TI. The new tech will be demonstrated Thursday at the 2024 CES conference in Las Vegas.
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Laptop Luggers Rejoice: Richardson-Based TI Helps Shrink Power Adapters By 50%

by | Nov 30, 2023
Texas Instruments announced the expansion of its low-power gallium nitride portfolio, "designed to help improve power density, maximize system efficiency, and shrink the size of AC/DC consumer power electronics and industrial systems." Laptop-lugging shoulders everywhere will soon get relief.
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‘Fablets’ and More: How SMU Snagged Lead Agency Role in Federal Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub
On Monday, the Biden administration unveiled 31 U.S. Tech Hubs in the U.S., including the SMU-led Texoma Semiconductor Hub. Here's a deep dive into how Dallas landed its second federal tech hub in two months, who's involved, and what it could mean for the region.
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TI Is Celebrating ‘Jack Kilby Day’ Tuesday to Honor Invention of Integrated Circuit
by | Sep 11, 2023
Jack Kilby's groundbreaking invention laid the foundation for modern electronics, and its impact affects nearly every aspect of our lives. His innovation can be found in nearly every piece of electronics we use today—from smartphones to computers, televisions, and even our cars and home appliances.
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The Last Word: Anna Mayor Nate Pike on the Region’s Northward Growth
by | Aug 18, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth has been growing northward for generations. But momentum kicked up a notch when two big semiconductor wafer fabrication plant projects were slated for Sherman: a $30 billion plan by Texas Instruments to build four "fab" plants, and GlobiTech's planned $5 billion silicon wafer facility. Together, the projects are expected to bring 4,500 jobs to the area.
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