Texas Instruments Programmable DSPs Enable New Panasonic Digital Hard-Disk Recorder for Small and Medium Enterprises - Product Announcement

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, May 29, 2000

Texas Instruments Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age. The company's businesses also include materials and controls, and educational and productivity solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the web site at www.ti.com.

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., LTD. was established in January 1958 as an Affiliated Company of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD., founded by Konosuke Matsushita. MCI's head office is located in Yokohama, Japan, and it has six plants in Japan and nine worldwide manufacturing facilities with 16,088 employees.

MCI's net sales totaled US $7.382 billion in FY 1999 with net income US $223 million. MCI is a leading company in the Information and Communication Industry. The company pursues the development of new products and services that satisfy customers' needs and aspires to be a total supplier focused on "Security and Safety," "Mobile Multi-Media" and "Public Infrastructure" systems.