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Date:Fri, 19 Oct 2001 04:05:52 -0700 (PDT)


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[IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09 As requested, your News Alert for TXN follows from Eq=
uityAlert.com. TI Adds Several New Design-Wins, Providing High-Performa=
nce, Programmable DSPs To an Ever-Growing Array of Internet Audio Products=
=1DNine of the Top 10 Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Choose TI's DSPs F=
or Internet Audio Devices DALLAS, Oct 19, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --=
Continuing to demonstrate its strong support of the Internet audio industr=
y, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) added new products from =
GGKaiser and SONICblue(TM) Incorporated, as well as additional products fro=
m current customers Compaq Computer Corporation and e.Digital to its extens=
ive list of design-wins. Throughout 2001, TI has established strong relatio=
nships and demonstrated the ability to listen to our customers resulting in=
increased market share over the competition. TI's award-winning DSP techno=
logy has been designed into more than 80 Internet audio devices, including =
products from nine of the top 10 consumer electronics manufacturers. (See h=
ttp://www.ti.com/sc/internetaudio .) "TI has its finger on the pulse of t=
he digital music industry, with more than 90 percent of the top consumer el=
ectronics manufacturers using our technology," said Chris Schairbaum, world=
wide marketing manager of Internet Audio at TI. "As we approach the holiday=
s, TI expects to see an increase in consumer demand for upgradeable, featur=
e-rich devices offering the flexibility to adjust to the ever-changing audi=
o market." TI is one of the leading suppliers of chips in the Internet au=
dio market, having shipped three million Internet audio DSPs as of June 200=
1, more than any other programmable semiconductor manufacturer. TI provides=
the engine for Internet audio-enabled products from leading consumer elect=
ronics manufacturers due to its flexible, high performance and low power sy=
stem solution. TI's Internet Audio business garnered several new design-win=
s and industry relationships in the third quarter, including: -- August =
-- SONICblue selected TI's industry-leading programmable DSP techn=
ology to power its new Rio(R) One digital audio player. Leveraging=
the performance headroom and programmability of TI's DSP, the Rio=
One can play multiple audio formats, is upgradeable to support fu=
ture formats and costs less than $100. TI's low-power DSP also en=
ables the Rio One to play up to 10 hours of music on one AA batter=
y. -- September -- TI was the first semiconductor company to license =
Thomson's new mp3PRO digital audio format. Using TI's in=
dustry-leading programmable DSPs, manufacturers will now have the =
ability to update Internet audio devices to support the mp3PRO for=
mat. Backwards compatible with mp3, the new mp3PRO offers dramati=
cally improved compression rates and sound quality. -- September -- U=
sing TI's TMS320C54x DSP, GGKaiser has developed the "MP-Kaiser," =
a multi-format digital audio player that features wireless radio f=
requency technology allowing connectivity between the player and c=
ompatible wireless headphones, car audio and home audio. The MP-K=
aiser features real-time mp3 encoding, FM-tuner and voice-recorder=
. -- September -- In addition to the iPAQ Music Center that was annou=
nced in June, Compaq Computer Corporation has incorporated TI DSPs=
into its iPAQ Personal CD Player PCD-1. The PCD-1 plays CD-R, CD=
-RW and conventional CDs and supports mp3 and Windows Media Audio =
(WMA) files. The PCD-1 features an FM-tuner, connectivity to home=
stereo systems and an infrared remote control for ease of use. W=
ith 650 MB of memory, listeners can enjoy up to 300 songs or 20 ho=
urs of audio from a single disk. -- September -- e.Digital i=
ncorporated the TI DSP into the first publicly available digital a=
udio reference design that supports DataPlay technology, enabling =
manufacturers to easily incorporate this emerging storage medium. =
DataPlay digital media is a universal solution, about the size of=
a quarter, that is designed to play and record all forms of digit=
al content across all digital devices and platforms, including mus=
ic, images, software, eBooks, games, video and more. -- Octo=
ber -- e.Digital has also utilized TI's DSP technology into its ne=
w digital audio and music player/recorder, which supports IBM's Mi=
crodrive removable hard disk media. The new Microdrive technology =
allows up to 1 GB of storage or 20 hours of music. Based on e.Di=
gital's new MicroOS 2.0 operating system, the ultra-portable produ=
ct features VoiceNav, e.Digital's natural speech-recognition user =
interface for performing navigation and playback functions. Just i=
n time for the holidays, consumers will have easy voice access to =
an extensive portable audio or music library. About TI Texas Instruments=
Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog t=
echnologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age. The company's b=
usinesses also include sensors and controls, and educational and productivi=
ty solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing o=
r sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded=
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. The company's web sit=
e is www.ti.com . Safe Harbor Statement: Statements contained in this pre=
ss release regarding product performance, growth in the internet audio mark=
et, and other statements of management's beliefs, goals and expectations ma=
y be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the=
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks=
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially fro=
m those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to TI's most=
recent Form 10-K for more information on the risks and uncertainties that =
could materially affect future results of operations. TI disclaims any inte=
ntion or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of=
developments occurring after the date of this press release. Trademarks:=
All trademarks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their r=
espective holders. Please refer all reader inquiries to: Texas Instrumen=
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