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Texas Instruments Incorporated

Technology · Semiconductors (Analog & Embedded Processing)
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BOTTOM LINE

Texas Instruments faces low AGI disruption risk — its analog and embedded chips serve physical-world applications across an enormously diversified customer base, and AGI-driven automation and electrification trends increase demand for its products.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Texas Instruments is the world's largest analog semiconductor company, designing and manufacturing a vast portfolio of analog chips, embedded processors, and calculators. The company's chips convert real-world signals (temperature, pressure, sound, light) into digital data and manage power in virtually every type of electronic device. TI serves incredibly diversified end markets including industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications, and enterprise systems, with over 80,000 products sold to approximately 100,000 customers worldwide.

REVENUE SOURCES
Analog semiconductors (power management, signal chain, amplifiers, data converters)Embedded processing (microcontrollers, ARM-based processors, digital signal processors)Power management ICsSensor and signal conditioning chipsInterface chips (RS-485, CAN, Ethernet)Motor driversDLP (Digital Light Processing) technologyTI graphing and scientific calculatorsReference designs and development tools
PRIMARY CUSTOMERS

TI serves approximately 100,000 customers globally across highly diversified end markets. Key customer sectors include industrial equipment manufacturers (factory automation, building automation, medical devices), automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers (ADAS, infotainment, EV power management), personal electronics companies, communications/enterprise equipment makers, and aerospace/defense contractors.

AGI EXPOSURE ANALYSIS

Texas Instruments designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing semiconductors — physical chips that interface between the digital world and the real world (power management, signal processing, motor control, sensors). These chips go into industrial equipment, automotive systems, personal electronics, and communications infrastructure. AGI cannot replace the need for voltage regulators, ADCs, or motor drivers — these are physical components governed by physics. TI's customer base is extraordinarily broad and diversified — over 100,000 customers across industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications, and enterprise computing. Industrial and automotive are the largest segments. These customers make physical products (factory equipment, cars, appliances) that are not IT-centric. The breadth of TI's customer base is its greatest resilience factor.

RISK FACTORS
  • AGI could automate analog chip design, eroding TI's engineering expertise moat
  • If AGI dramatically reduces the number of electronic devices (unlikely), analog chip demand could fall
  • Enterprise computing segment could see reduced demand if IT companies shrink
  • AGI-designed custom analog chips could reduce demand for TI's catalog of standard parts
RESILIENCE FACTORS
  • Physical semiconductor products governed by physics — cannot be digitized away
  • Over 80,000 products serving 100,000+ customers — extreme diversification
  • Industrial and automotive focus — these are physical sectors immune to AGI replacement
  • Own manufacturing (fabs) provides supply chain control and cost advantages
  • Analog chips are essential for AI hardware itself (power management for GPUs, data centers)
  • Long product lifecycles (10-20 years for industrial/automotive) create sticky revenue
  • AGI increases electrification and automation, which increases analog chip demand