The Company operates in four segments: Analog, Embedded Processing,
Wireless and Other. The Company sells custom and catalog semiconductor
products. Custom products are designed for a specific customer for a
specific application, are sold only to that customer and are sold to the
customer. The life cycles of custom products are determined by
end-equipment upgrade cycles and can be as short as 12 to 24 months.
Catalog products are sold through both distribution and direct channels.
On September 23, 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of
National Semiconductor Corporation (National).
NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the highest-performance 3.3-V RS485
transceivers with IEC electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection available
in speed grades up to 50 Mbps. The 250-kbps SN65HVD72, 20-Mbps
SN65HVD75 and 50-Mbps SN65HVD78 perform better than the competition
across all key performance areas, including power, ESD and hysteresis,
offering a tailored solution for designers using RS485 transceivers in
harsh, noisy industrial applications. To further enhance design, the
devices feature a wide common-mode voltage range suitable for
multi-point applications over long cable runs.-4-traders 09/06/2012 (TXN +3.65%)
Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that it declared a quarterly
cash dividend of $0.17 per share of common stock, payable August 20,
2012, to stockholders of record on July 31, 2012. - Reuters 07/20/2012 (TXN -2.82%)