主要 TI 事件
1930
John
Karcher, Eugene McDermott resign from Amerada Petroleum Corp.
Karcher,
McDermott leave secure jobs, stake careers on new technology
Reflection
seismography employs signal processing in search for oil
May
16: Firm incorporated as Geophysical Service, informally known
as GSI
GSI
first independent firm specializing in reflection seismograph
method
Future
leaders H. Bates Peacock, Erik Jonsson and Cecil Green join
GSI
1938
GSI
begins effort to separate oil interests from geophysical exploration
Dec.
23 - Incorporated in Delaware as Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI)
1939
Name
changes to Coronado Corporation
GSI
becomes subsidiary with McDermott as president
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1941
Dec.
6 - McDermott, Jonsson, Green and Peacock purchase GSI
Stanolind
Oil & Gas Co. (later known as Amoco) buys Coronado Corporation
1945
Pat
Haggerty, future TI president, hired
1946
Laboratory & Manufacturing
unit formed to focus on electronic equipment
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1951
Name
changed to Texas Instruments Incorporated; GSI becomes subsidiary
McDermott
named chairman; Jonsson named president; Green heads GSI unit
Patrick
Haggerty named executive vice president, director
1952
TI
enters 半导体 business with purchase of transistor license
1953
First
public Annual Report issued
Oct.
1 – TI lists on NYSE via merger with Intercontinental
Rubber Co.
Central
Research Laboratories (CRL) established
To
diversify, TI buys Engineering Supply Company, Houston Technical
Labs
1955
TI
introduces first commercial product, the recti/riter recorder
Purchase
completed of 300-acre Expressway Site
TI
Limited (UK) incorporated
1957
Production
begins in Bedford, UK – first non-U.S. 半导体 plant
TI
enters Italy market with establishment of TI Italia S.p.A.
1958
Jonsson
named chairman; Haggerty named president
半导体
(SC) Building dedicated on Dallas Expressway site
Jack
Kilby invents integrated circuit
1959
TI
merges with Metals & Controls Corp., based in Attleboro,
Mass.
Merger
adds sites in Holland, France, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Australia
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1960
TI
France incorporated
1961
TI
Deutschland incorporated
Mark
Shepherd, Jr. named executive vice president
First Ethics
in the Business of TI booklet printed
1962
Operations
in Brazil established as TI Electronicos de Brasil Limitada
TI
Mexico incorporated
1963
Construction
began of assembly and test facility outside Nice, France
Nov.
27 - Board approves first stock split, five shares for four
1964
TI
Canada incorporated
Product-Customer
Centers (PCCs) number 43 in five divisions
1965
Sherman,
Tex., site purchased
Friesing
site purchased in Bavaria, Germany
1966
April
29 – Board approves 2-for-1 stock split
First
mention of “software” in annual report
1967
Haggerty
named chairman; Shepherd named president
Business
groups organized: Components, Equipment, Materials & Services
1968
TI
Japan Limited incorporated
TI
Singapore (Pte) Limited incorporated
1969
TI
Taiwan Limited incorporated
Kilby
awarded National Medal of Science
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1972
TI
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. incorporated
1973
Operations
in Portugal established as TI Equipamento Electronico Lda.
April
30 – Board approves 2-for-1 stock split
TI
Founder Eugene McDermott dies
1974
TI
Belgium incorporated
IDEA
program established to fund and test new projects
1975
Kilby
receives V.K. Zworykin Award, National Academy of Engineering
1976
Shepherd
named chairman; Fred Bucy named president
1977
TI
Europe Marketing Division established
1978
TI
Asia/Pacific Marketing Division established
1979
TI
Philippines incorporated
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1980
TI
celebrates 50th anniversary
TI
Founder Pat Haggerty dies
1981
Corporate
quality director appointed: start of Total Quality Movement
1982
Jack
Kilby inducted into National Inventor’s Hall of Fame
1985
TI
India (Private) Limited incorporated
Jerry
Junkins named president and CEO
1986
Jack
Kilby receives IEEE Medal of Honor
1987
May
15 – Board approves 3-for-1 stock split
Acquisition:
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Control & Industrial Systems units of Rexnord Automation
1988
TI
Korea Ltd. incorporated
Junkins
named chairman, president & CEO
TI
lists on stock exchanges in London and Switzerland
Divestiture
-
60% interest in GSI
1989
Defense
Systems & Electronics Group pursues Malcolm Baldrige Award
Information
Technology Group established to focus on software strategy
Joint
venture formed with Acer for 半导体 production in Taiwan
TI
lists on Tokyo stock exchange
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1990
TI
wins First Taiwan National Quality Award
Joint
venture formed with Kobe Steel for 半导体 production in Japan
Jack
Kilby receives National Medal of Technology
Divestiture:
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SC Photomask
Advanced
wafer fab opened in Avezzano, Italy
1991
TI
Limited (UK) wins Perkins Award for total quality
TI
Singapore wins National Quality Control Circle Award
Joint
venture formed with HP, Canon, Singapore group for SC production
R&D
Center opened in Tsukuba, Japan
Acquisition:
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James Martin Associates
Divestiture:
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Industrial Controls
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GSI completed
Digital
Imaging Venture formed to market digital light processing
(DLP)
1992
Defense
Systems & Electronics Group wins Malcolm Baldrige Award
Materials & Controls
Group wins Canada’s total quality award
TI
wins first Portugal National Quality Award
Divestiture:
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UNIX business
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Minicomputer business
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Industrial Systems
1993
TI
wins first Bavarian Quality Award
Office
of Chairman created with Junkins as chairman, president & CEO
Bill
Mitchell and Pat Weber named as vice chairmen
Jack
Kilby wins Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
1995
TI
founder Erik Jonsson dies
TI
goes live on the Web at www.ti.com
Divestiture:
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FPGA product line
1996
Worldwide
venture capital fund created as TI Ventures
Jerry
Junkins, president, chairman & CEO, dies
Tom
Engibous named president & CEO; Jim Adams named chairman
Divestiture:
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Printer business
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Custom Mfg.
Acquisition
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Tartan, Inc.
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Silicon Systems, Inc.
1997
Texas
Governor honors TI-Dallas operations for environmental excellence
Divestiture:
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Defense business
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Mobile Computing assets
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Chemical Operations
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Software business
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Multipoint Systems
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Telecommuni-cations Systems
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Inspection Equipment
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Bedford Power IC business
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Mold Mfg. business
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Texins Credit Union
Acquisition:
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Intersect Technologies
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Amati Communications
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GO DSP
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Oasix & Arisix
1998
TI
celebrates 40th anniversary of the integrated circuit
Engibous
named chairman, president & CEO
Divestiture:
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SC Memory business
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TI share of TI-Acer
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传感器与控制产品 wire products
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WORKS product
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Toll tag business
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Aversa plant
Acquisition:
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Spectron Microsystems
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Harris logic product line
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Adaptec storage product group
1999
TI
China incorporated
TI
Denmark incorporated
TI
Israel incorporated
Highest
profit sharing in the history of the company achieved
Floyd
Road renamed TI Boulevard; memorial dedicated to Floyd family
Divestiture:
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传感器与控制产品 military connectors
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传感器与控制产品 credit union
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Attleboro lead-frame business
Acquisition:
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Integrated Sensor Solutions for 传感器与控制产品
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Butterfly VLSI
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Telogy Networks
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ATL Research A/S
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Libit Signal Processing
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Unitrode
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Power Trends
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2000
Jack
Kilby awarded Nobel Prize in physics
Acquisition:
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Toccata Technology
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Alantro Communications
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Dot Wireless
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Burr-Brown
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Design team, Phoenix VLSI
Divestiture:
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传感器与控制产品 Materials unit
2001
Acquisition:
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Graychip
2002
Acquisition:
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Ditech echo-cancellation software unit
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Condat AG
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Envoy Networks
2003
Site
of TI's second 300mm wafer fab announced: Richardson, Tex.
TI
celebrates 50 years on NYSE
TI
Founder Cecil Green dies
Acquisition:
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Radia Communications
2004
Rich
Templeton named President and CEO
Construction
begins on new 300mm wafer fab in Richardson, Tex.
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