Dallas is the worldwide headquarters for Texas Instruments Incorporated.

TI currently occupies 8.3 million square feet of manufacturing and office space in 1136 acres of land in North Texas.

Dallas is the center of TI's research and development activity. Landmark inventions from TI's Dallas laboratories include the integrated circuit, the hand-held calculator, the single-chip microprocessor, single-chip digital signal processor and digital imaging devices.

TI's North Texas employment is about 11,300 people. This is about 36 percent of TI's worldwide population and about 89 percent of TI's Texas work force.

TI's annual North Texas payroll was $1120 million in 2006.

TI paid $55.1 million in taxes in North Texas in 2006, including $32 million in school taxes, and spent about $91.8 million with local utility companies in 2006.

TI purchased more than $299 million in goods and services from local minority- and women-owned businesses in 2006.

TI's North Texas facilities include four wafer fabrication buildings, one advanced research and development center, and over eleven million square feet of operating space - all necessary for the creation of advanced semiconductor products used in everyday electronics. A new fab has been completed in Richardson, Texas.

TI's products are allowing creations, such as bionic arms and thought-activated wheelchairs, that make the world a better place.

TI and its foundation annually contribute millions of dollars to North Texas educational and charitable organizations, which include minority- and women-business development opportunities, university relationships, local school districts, health and human services, and other business and civic organizations.

TI employees are the area's largest contributors to United Way, having donated over $4.1 million in 2006.

In the Dallas community, TI and the TI Foundation are leading creators of programs to improve education at all levels including model pre-school programs and efforts to increase math and science skills in North Texas area students.

TI officers serve on the boards of civic, cultural and educational organizations, believing that personal action is the best way to make Dallas a better community to live and work. Other TIers actively volunteer in the community with such activities as mentoring, coaching and providing guidance to the children of our area.