Texas Instruments

Dallas semiconductor giant

Texas Instruments is an American technology company known primarily for calculators and semiconductors.

Their graphing calculators—particularly the TI-83 and TI-84—became standard equipment in American math classrooms from the 1990s onward: Every kid in algebra class had a TI-84.

The company also pioneered early integrated circuits and remains a major semiconductor manufacturer.

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Dallas

North Texas metropolitan area

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analog · digital · silicon · wafer · fabrication · transistors · microprocessors · embedded systems · signal processing · power management

calculators

TI-84

Texas Instruments graphing calculator

  • TI-83Educational graphing calculator model
  • TI-89Programmable graphing calculator
  • graphingPlotting data visually

scientific · algebra · geometry · trigonometry · calculus · statistics · functions · equations · programming · BASIC

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Exclusive rights to inventions

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Redmond technology corporation

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Graphics processor manufacturer

AMD · Intel · Qualcomm · Broadcom

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Cupertino tech giant

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G