Texas Instruments Expands Worldwide Leadership University Program to China

Texas Instruments Expands Worldwide Leadership University Program to China

November 01, 2007

Inviting Three Universities to Join the Elite Program


    SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas
Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced the expansion of its
commitment to technology innovation in China, by inviting
three universities in China -- Tsinghua University,
Shanghai Jiaotong University, and University of Electronic
Science and Technology --  to join its Worldwide Leadership
University program.. These three universities will join four
other TI Leadership Universities as part of a network that
works with TI and TI Leadership Universities on future TI
signal processing funded programs. This expansion furthers
TI's long-term commitment to education and advanced
research in China.

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    TI started its China University Program in 1996 and has
assisted these three Leadership Universities in establishing
technology centers and more than 160 labs in about 141 other
China universities.  These universities have chosen TI's
digital signal processors, micro-controllers and analog
technology to provide hands-on learning for their students
and researchers enabling advanced project capabilities in
the areas of consumer electronics, medical and industrial
markets. 

    TI's Leadership University Program develops future
engineering talents, advances research innovation and
increases cooperation between universities and local
industries. The three Leadership Universities shall receive
funding of RMB12 million over five years. The funding will
be used to support research programs, as well as curriculum
development in DSP, analog and mixed signal systems. TI's
Leadership University Program increases TI's total funding
of its China University Program to approximately RMB 10
million per year and touches more than 24000 engineers a
year who graduate with integrated and system design
expertise.

    "Today, we invite three universities in China to
join our worldwide Leadership University Program. We
believe the decade-long university program in China has
become a fundamental part of our support to China's efforts
to build and expand innovation." said Rich Templeton,
TI president and CEO. "We are confident that the
expansion of our Leadership University Program to China
will be an important tool in facilitating opportunities for
engineering students to further their knowledge -- allowing
them to create new innovations that make our world a better
place to live."  

    Making science education more accessible to people
around the world has been a TI commitment for more than 20
years and the company's university partnerships have
touched thousands of students in every region across the
globe.

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and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Education
Technology business.  TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas,
and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more
than 25 countries.

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