2007 company overview

Businesses | Revenue | Employment

TI began operating in 1930 as a geophysical exploration company that used seismic signal processing technology to search for oil. Today, we provide innovative DSP and analog technologies that help our customers create the world's most advanced electronics. Our real-time signal processing technology permeates daily life in many different ways, from digital communications and entertainment to medical services, automotive systems and wide-ranging applications in between.

From the company's earliest days, the objective has been to use the company's unique technical skills to fundamentally change markets and create entirely new ones. A constant thread throughout our history has been our use of progressively more complex signal processing technology – with advances ranging from the incremental to the revolutionary – to literally and repeatedly change the world.

Businesses

Texas Instruments serves the world's most innovative electronics companies, helping them develop new ideas that change the way we live. By providing semiconductor technologies that promote greater power efficiency, enable more features, enhance performance and deliver more value, TI expands the possibilities every day for how we learn, connect, grow and discover. TI's core business today is semiconductor, accounting for 96 percent of our revenue. Our Education Technology business represents 4 percent of our revenue. Back to top

Revenue

2007 capital expenditures: $686 million 2007 R&D: $2.15 billion Patents: TI patents issued worldwide cumulatively: more than 35,000 2007 TI patents issued worldwide: more than 1,300 Fortune 500 ranking*: 185 *2008 ranking based on 2007 revenue Back to top

Employment

Employee population: Approximately 30,300 worldwide   Regional employee population: 15,000 in the Americas 11,900 in Texas 10,600 in North Texas 9,800 in Dallas area (headquarters) 9,600 in Asia 2,400 in Japan 3,200 in Europe Back to top