Texas Instruments
A large electronics company that has contributed considerably to the computer revolution. In 1958, a TI researcher named Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit (IC), and in 1967, TI introduced the first handheld calculator. Today, TI’s core business is in producing semiconductors.
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