Texas Instruments Incorporated is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales volume. The company’s focus is on developing analog chips and embedded processors, which account for more than 80% of its revenue. TI also produces TI digital light processing technology and education technology products including calculators, microcontrollers, and multi-core processors. The company holds 45,000 patents worldwide.
The company’s milestones:
1930 – J. Clarence Karcher and Eugene McDermott founded Geophysical Service, an early provider of seismic exploration services to the petroleum industry, is the forerunner of Texas Instruments Incorporated.
On December 6, 1941 – McDermott along with three other GSI employees, J. Erik Jonsson, Cecil H. Green, and H. B. Peacock purchased GSI. During World War II, GSI expanded its services to include electronics for the U.S. Army, Army Signal Corps, and U.S. Navy.
1951 – The company changed its name to Texas Instruments, spun off to build seismographs for oil explorations and with GSI becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the new company.
1967 – TI invents the world’s first handheld electronic calculator.
1972 – TI’s first handheld calculator hits the retail market.
1974 – TI introduces its first scientific calculator.
1981 – TI’s first solar-powered handheld calculator debuts.
1987 – TI releases its first calculator designed with teacher assistance.
1990 – TI unveils its first graphing calculator. TI-81 graphing calculator becomes the industry leader in handheld graphing technology.
1994 – TI introduces the Calculator-Based Laboratory (CBL™) System — a portable and versatile data-collection device for math and science — opens the door for students to collect and analyze real data in the classroom.
1995 – TI launches its first calculator with a built-in Computer Algebra System (CAS).
1996 – TI introduces a graphing calculator that supports statistics and finance.
1999 – TI releases the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator. Updated with Flash™ ROM technology, new applications and six times the memory of the popular TI-83, the easy-to-use TI-83 Plus graphing calculator lets students graph and compare functions, as well as perform data plotting and analysis using TI’s handheld CBL™ device.
2001 – The TI-Navigator™ Classroom Learning System — a classroom network connecting students’ calculators — lets teachers see in real time where students are struggling, allowing them to adjust instruction on the spot.
2007 – TI reveals the TI-Nspire™ graphing calculator. With a major leap forward in calculator design, the TI-Nspire™ handheld introduces an interface more similar to the operation of a personal computer, allowing students to display multiple representations on a single screen, explore cause-and-effect scenarios and save work.
2011 – TI unveils its first full-color graphing calculators with 3D and connected classroom capabilities.
2013 – TI introduces the world’s first talking graphing calculator.
2016 – TI unveils a new STEM solution — the TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board
2019 – TI introduces TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculators. In addition, the TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator can reduce syntax errors, as well as easily disable algebraic functionality.
According to education.ti.com; en.wikipedia.org. Source of photos: internet
