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6/12/57

NEWS RELEASE

FOR RELEASE WEDNESDA Y NOON JUNE 12, 1957

TEXAS INSTRUME NTS PRESIDEN T PREDICTS 1957 SALES AND EARNINGS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 50% OVER 1956 HOUSTON, June 12--(Specia l)--Continu ed expansion and growth in all of its major activities will make 1957 the best year in the company's history, Erik Jonsson, President of Texas Instrument s Incorporate d, told security analysts at Houston today.

He said that events thus far this year confirmed

his earlier prediction that sales will reach a record $65, 000, 000 and might reach $70,000,00 0, and earnings will be nearer $1. 10 per share than the $1. 00 predicted earlier. He said also that the long-range future was never brighter for the Dallas-bas ed electronics manufactur ing and geophysica l exploration firm.

The predicted 1957 sales volume would represent an

increase approximat ing 50% over 1956. Mr. Jonsson spoke at a luncheon meeting of the Houston Society of Financial Analysts in the Houston Club. Highlightin g major new achievemen ts of the current year to date , Mr. Jonsson described the recent introductio n of a new silicon transistor produced by a gaseous diffused-ju nction process which, he said, opens up large new areas for transistor application s . This transistor' s margin of superiority over the best similar device on the market, he said, would be of similar scope to that of a hypothetica l (more)

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automobile which could go sixteen times faster, had eight times as much power, and used but one-sixteenth as much gasoline as the finest car on the road. With this new transistor, he said, it now becomes possible to transistorize radio transmitters of the types employed in civil, commercial and defense installations, including aircraft communications systems. Referring to the year's trend in contract oil exploration activity by Tl's geophysical exploration subsidiaries, Mr. Jonsson said operations in Latin America promise to double 1956 1 s volume and should more than offset a decrease in Canadian activity. While domestic activity is at a lower level than last year's, he continued, there has been a recent pick-up.

Operations continue satisfactory

in the Eastern Hemisphere, and the Suez situation had but a minor effect on GSI's crew operations, he added. Mr . Jonsson said Tl ' s Apparatus division is well diversified in defense work involving antisubmarine warfare, aerial reconnaisance electronics, aircraft early warning, and aircraft communications systems. He revealed that this division is working on components for five different guided missiles and is designing or redesigning for use of silicon transistors many complete systems involving the missile programs. The market for Tl's Semiconductor -Components division, one of the world's top producers of transistors by unit or dollar volume measurement, (more)

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holds possibilities of the most exciting kind, Mr. Jonsson said.

With 1956 industry transistor production estimated at 12,800,000 units valued ~t 37. 4 million dollars, he predicted 1961 '

industry production of 210,000,000 transistors worth 260 million dollars. Texas Instruments, he said, is determined to capture a sufficient share of this potential market to continue to rate as a top producer.

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GS! INFORMATION SERVICE Geophysical Service Inc. 5900 Lemmon Avenue Dallas 9, Texas FLeetwood 7-2811

June 14, 1957 For immediate release

Students from fifteen colleges have completed the orientation phase of the seventh annual GS! Student Cooperative Plan and have been assigned to GS! oil exploration field parties throughout the United States. The plan. sponsored by Geophysical Service Inc., is designed to provide interested and qualified college students with an opportunUy of gaining actual experience in exploratic:m geophysics through a summer of employment on a GS! seismic or gravity field party. The four - day orientation session, at GSI 1 s home office in Dallas, is practically an education in itself.

Subjects ranging f:rom the

fundamentals of seismic prospecting to the directivity effect of elongated charges of explosives are discussed by members of GSI' s staff and top level geological and geophysical personnel from oil companies who participate in the program .

This year, guest lecturers included repre -

sentatives from The Atlantic Refining Company, California Exploration Company, Concho Petroleum Company, · DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Seaboard Oil Company. and Texas

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The orientation sessions also included tours

through the field research laboratorie s of Atlantic and Magnolia , and through the transistor manufactur ing facilities of Texas Instrument s. Since the inception of the plan in 1951, 137 students from 40 colleges have participate d. Cecil H . Green, GSI Board Chairman, .s ums up the aims of the plan in this way: "Our foremost aim is to generate inc reasaiawar eness of geophysics as a profession.

We strive to promote closer cooperation

between industry and the academic world and to give the student a sense of direction by allowing him to experience conditions under which he will work if he chooses to enter the field of geophysica l exploration ." Most of the students are majoring in either geology or geophysic;s , but the program is also open to math, physics, and engineering majors. Students must have a faculty recommend ation. Members of the various faculties also participate in the orientation session.

This year, eight professors from colleges as

widely separated as the University of Toronto and the Massachus etts Institute of Technology took part in the Dallas portion of the plan. "Although GSI sponsors the plan," said Mr. Green, "we are deeply indebted to the oil company personnel and the professors who give so freely of their time and talents that these boys may gain an insight into the overall planning, research and effort that goes ' into the search for oil."

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NEWS RELEASE

6/19/57

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROCHURE ON NEW SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING 11 seisMAC, 11 ANNOUNCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Descriptions of ''seisMAC, '' the only all electronic seismic data processing computer on the market, an d its related equipment for central office processing, are contained in a new 8-page brochure now available from Texas Instruments Incorporate d , Industrial Instrumentation Division.

The 11 seisMAC" represents the most important development thus far in the field of "Seismation, " which is the extension of automation to the field of geophysical exploration.

It performs many of the computational

tasks involved in getting seismic records in shape for interpretation. By automatically correcting for weathering, elevation and normal moveout, "seisMAC'' reduces routine computations of seismic data to a minimum.

This eliminates errors which may have been caused by the

human factor.

The corrected records present data in a form which permits

faster, more accurate interpretation. In addition to detailing the economic and technical advantages of the TI-Central Office Processing system, the bulletin contains descriptions of such other components of the systems as "magneDISC," disc-type magnetic recorder; the 7000B all-purpose amplifier, and the T-Z (time-depth) camera, which also are manufactured by Texas Instruments. For Seismation Bulletin No. S-318, please write to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Industrial Instrumentation Division, 3609 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, Texas. -30-

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NEWS RELEASE

6/21/57

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL JOINS TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AS MILITARY LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE AT WASHING TON DALLAS, June 22--(Special)--Re a r Admiral H. W. Seely (Ret. ), 48, of the U.S. Navy, has joined Texas Instruments Incorporate d as Field Service Engineering Representative for the Washington, D. C. area, it was announced today by W. F. Joyce, Vice President of the TI Apparatus division. Admiral Seely will serve in a liaison capacity between the Defense Department and Texas Instruments management and engineering personnel on matters of requirements, development and procurement.

He will report

to C. F. B orn, Director Service Engineering Department, Dallas.

His office

will be at 1413 K Street, N. W., Was h ington.

Admiral Seely served 24 years in the Navy before retiring in 1956 . After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1932, he served both

ashore in the Navy Bureau of Personnel and at sea.

He was gunnery officer

on the battleship, U.S. S . Washington, and the aircraft carrier, U.S. S. Midway, and his last command was the U . S.S. Whitley (AKA91). During World War II, Admiral Seely participated in nine major engagements and won the Legion of Merit award. he was Assistant Naval Attache in London.

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Born in Rochester, N. Y . , Admiral Seely attended Ridley College. St. Catherine's , Ontario, Canada, and Severn School, Severna Park, Md .• before entering Annapolis . With his wife and two children, he lives at 4415 North Pershing Drive, Arlington, Va .

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GSI I NFORMATI ON SERVIC E Geophysical Se r ic e Inc. 5900 Lemmon Avenue Dallas 9, Te as

.:un 2 , 1957 Fo i media e release

On J uly I, G eophy sical Se r v ic e Inc . wi] move into offices 1n Dallas' new Exchange Bank Building at 100 E change Park North. The Dallas o il explora ion firm stories of the 13 - story bank build ing. buildings of contemporary design

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Park at 6000 Harry H ines Bouleva rd nea r t he Lo e F i e l d air terminal. GSI President F. J . Agnich said marketing, personnel, geophysical

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6/27/57

PRODUCT NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMME DIA TE RELEASE

FIRST ELECTRONICALLY MODULATED TRANSISTORIZED DC AMPLIFIER INTRODUCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED A new advance in direct current amplification is announced by Texas

Instruments Incorporated with the introduction of t h e first completely transistorized electronically modulated DC amplifier for use with the "recti/riter 11 and o ther milliammeter recorders .

The new Model 30 l amplifier greatly

increases recorder versatility and opens a whole new field for low cost galvanometer recording . Sensitivity of the new instrument is from 10 millivolts DC to 100 volts DC full scale in 12 ranges.

It has a frequency response up to 50 cps .

Since no vacuum tubes are used in the Model 301 amplifier, it is extremely reliable and rugged, and quickly stabilizes itself. line voltage or a self-contained battery.

The amplifier ope'rates from

A battery life of approximately 300 hours

may be expected. Modulation is accomplished entirely by electronic means- -there being no mechanical chopper to introduce problems of noise, maintenance and wear. Also, it is virtually unaffected by variations in line voltage. Specifications are as follows: 4-3/4 lb.

Size, 7-1/2 x 10 x 2-1/2 inches; weight,

Input impedance is 2. 5 megohms per volt; output impedance is

39 ohms, to provide proper damping for the ' 'recti/riter 1 ' and similar recording instruments.

Absolute accuracy is 2% of full scale. (more)

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For further information on the Electronically Modulated DC Amplifier, write for descriptive bulletin No. R-503 to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Industrial Instrumentation Division, 3609 Buffalo Speedway, . Houston 6, Texas.

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NOTE TO EDITOR

8xl0 glossy photo enclosed showing the DC Amplifier

in both vertical and horizontal forms, with a portion of a ''recti/ riter II record. Please treat "recti/riter" as a trademark.

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NEWS RELEASE

6/28/57

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS-GS! OFFICES WILL MOVE TO NEW LOCATION

DALLAS, June 28--(Special)--To help meet the need for additional manufacturing space. Texas Instruments Incorporated and its subsidiary, Geophysical Service Inc.• will move their corporate offices shortly from the main plant at 6000 ·Lemmon Avenue into the new Exchange B ank B uilding at 100 Exchange Park North, TI Executive Vice President P. E. Hag g erty announced today. Manufacturing division offices will remain at 6000 Lemmon. GS! will make its transfer July 1 and will occupy the entire Ninth Floor and 3,000 sq ft of the Eighth Floor of the new 13-story Exchange Bank Building. The Texas Instruments move is scheduled for August 1 and TI offices will occupy the entire Tenth Floor of the Exchange Bank Building. Rapidly expanding demand for TI products has made the need for additional manufacturing space in the main plant immediately imperative, Mr. Haggerty said, even though a new 280, 000 sq ft Semiconductor-Comp onents division factory is under construction on North Central Expressway in Dallas with partial occupancy scheduled for late this year and final completion expected by mid-year 1958. The Dallas-based electronics manufacturing arrl geophysical exploration firm is one of the world's top producers of transistors and other semiconductor products. -30-

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T EXAS I NSTRUMENTS APPARATUS DI V ISION N AME S T W O ASS IS T /-.N T CHI E F ENGINEE R S DALLAS, July 1 - (Special) - Ap pointme n t of L . D . Strom and W. R. Hedeman, Jr., as Assistant C h ief E n f,; ine e rs in the A pparatus di.vision of Texas Instruments Incor porated, was announced today by W. F. Jo y ce, TI Vice P resident.

They will report to H. J . Wisseman,

Assistant Vice President. Dr. Strom will be responsible for conductin g research studies leadin g to the de v elopment of new techniques for application to military electronics equip m ent..

Dr . Hedeman will be responsible for special

assi '-"nments relating t o new m ilit ary airborne electronic systems de v elopment. A m em Jer of the TI en g ineering staff since 1951, Dr. Strom has :)een on leave of a b sence for two years of advanced study at the University of Texas where he recent! y received his doctor I s degree in electrical en g ineerin g .

He received his bachelor's degree at Iowa State Colle ge in

1948 and his master ' s degree at Southern Methodist University in 19 52 , bo th in the same field of study.

He did additional graduate work at Brooklyn

Polytechnical Institute and New York University. Dr. Strom is a member of t h e Institute of Radio Engineers and Tau Be t a Pi, E t a Kappa Nu, P i Mu Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi fraternities.

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pa g e 2 strorn and hedeman He has contriouted a num ~er of articles and papers to technical journals. Dr. Hedeman, uefore joining TI, was for four years chief of electronics design at Chance Vought Aircraft.

He worked at Bendix

Radio for ten years as chief engineer of research and development. His other experience includes one year at Stanford University as a physics instructor and two years as a physicist at the Naval Ordnance La ooratory. After taking his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1934, he received his master's degree in 1935 and his doctor's degree in 1939 in the same field of study and at the same school.

He is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

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NOTE TO EDITOR

Enclosed are 5x7 glossy photographs of Dr. L. D. Strom

and Dr. W. R. Hedeman, Jr., newly appointed .Assis tant Chief Engineers in the A ~)paratus division of Texas Instruments Incorporated.

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FOR RELEASE JULY 5, 1957

NEW PRODUCT NEWS RELEASE

400 MILLIAMPER E 600 VOLT PIV DIFFUSED SILICON GLASS DIODE/RECTI FIER ANNOUNCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DALLAS, July 5--(Special)--T he immediate commercial availability of the industry's highest power semiconductor product in a glass package--TI s 1

new diffused silicon diode/ rectifier- -was announced today by Texas Instruments Incorporated Vice President Mark Shepherd, Jr. Featuring 400 mA average rectified forward current plus 600 volt peak inverse voltage ratings, the power performance of Tl's new 1N649 is practically double that of any glass diode previously available---20 0 mA and 225 volts higher than its nearest competitor.

The new unit also highlights a guaranteed

minimum 2-million-to-l forward to reverse ,, urrent ratio. Other significant parameters of the 1N649 include 1. 25 Ampere recurrent peak forward current rating, a three ampere surge current (one second), 600 milliwatts power dissipation, and a 720 volt breakdown voltage. Four other new TI silicon diode/rectifie rs were announced simuLaneously by Mr. Shepherd.

The 1N645, 1N646, 1N647, and 1N648, all diffused silicon

glass devices, differ from the 1N649 only in peak inverse voltage (225 to 500 volts), breakdown voltage (275 to 600 volts), and reverse current ratings at elevated temperatures. (more)

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page 2 glass diode/ rectifiers Because of their high forward current/high voltage ratings under extreme operating conditions (from -65°C to -1- 150 CC), these new Texas Instruments diode/rectifiers will have wide use wherever there is a need to miniaturize magnetic amplifiers, demodulators, networks, or power supplies.

Also, these new units are expected to alleviate greatly supplier's

inventory problems.

In the past literally hundreds of different types of

diodes had to be stocked by manufacturers of electronic equipment.

Now,

because of the high forward current /high voltage ratings plus the forwardto-reverse-current ratio of the new TI diode/rectifiers, manufacturers need stock only five diode/rectifier types to meet all of their requirements. Designed specifically to meet rugged military specifications, all new Texas Instruments diode/rectifiers are built by a radically new production technique utilizing molybdenum for both electrode connections.

Molybdenum,

with its high thermal conductivity, has the same temperature coefficient as the hard-glass material used for the envelope.

This construction process

assures a degree of conductivity plus reliability and almost shatterproof durability never before obtainable in a glass semiconductor product. Because of mass production techniques being used in anticipation of the tremendous market for these new glass diode/rectifiers, quantity prices are actually lower than the prices of those diodes previously considered high power devices.

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FOR IMMEDIAT E RELEASE

CAPTAIN CHESTER W. NIMITZ, JR., WILL UNDERGO ROTATION ON JOBS TO PREPARE FOR POSITION IN MANAGEM ENT WITH TEXAS INSTRUME NTS

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DALLAS, July 24- -(Special)- -Capta in Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. , 41, will begin a rotation on jobs in all divisions of the company before being assigned a position in the Apparatus division when he joins Texas Instrument s Incorporate d next month, W. F, Joyce, TI Vice President in charge of the Apparatus division, announced today. ' 'This will permit him to acquire the additional background and experience he will need as a candidate for an important place on our managemen t team, Mr . Joyce said .

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" It also will further assure the substantial contributio ns to

Texas Instrument s we confidently expect to accrue from his association with us ." The son of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, World War II Commande r in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Captain Nimitz will retire from the Navy on August l with the rank of Rear Admiral.

Shortly thereafter he will enter the employ of Texas

Instrument s, a leading manufactur er of complex electronic and electromec hanical equipments and transistors and other semiconduc tor devicesp and the world's largest geophysica l exploration company.

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Captain Nimitz began his Naval career in 1936 upon graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in the top 10% of his class.

Most of his 21 years of service

were sp nt in submarines o For World War II service as commanding officer or second in command of submarines he holds the Navy Cross, Navy Unit Commendation, 3 Silver Stars, and Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. Since the war, Captain Nimitz has alternated sea duty with a variety of shore assignments. He headed the Torpedo, Gum;iery and Fire Control . Department of the U.S. Submarine School. commissioned and commanded the $14 million experimental submarine 11 Sarda, 11 and served one year as Associate Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at the University of California. He also recommissioned and commanded the destroyer v 11 0Brien 11 for duty in the Korean war, commanded a division of six submarines, attended the Armed Forces Staff College, and served as a member of the Plans and Policies Division of the staff of U. S, Naval Forces in the Eastern -Atlantic and Mediterranean. 11

His most recent assignment was command of the

U. S.S. Orion, 11 a large submarine tender. While commanding the submarine division, Captain Nimitz developed

new attack tactics and doctrine which s~bsequently were adopted by the entire U.S. Submarine Force.

For service in command of the destroyer

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he was awarded the Bronze Star. While under the command of Captain Nimitz, the 11 Sarda 11 was awarded the Battle Efficiency Pennant as the outstanding submarine in the Atlantic Fleet. An evaluation by his commanding officer stated: (more)

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"Captain Nimitz is the most outstandi ng submarin e command ing officer that it has ever been my privilege to observe . He is a human dynamo of energy. His alertness is almost uncanny.

His ship is the best organize d and trained

of any submarin e I have ever watched in operation , including my own.

If I were

to go to war in any U.S. submarin e of my choice, I would choose without hesitatio n the U.S. S. Sarda command ed by C. W. Nimitz, Jr . '' Captain Nimitz is married and has three daughter s.

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NOTE TO EDITOREnclosed is 5x7 glossy photogra ph of Captain Chester W. Nimitz,

Jr., U.S. Navy, who will retire Augll'3t l with rank of Rear Admiral and join Texas Instrume nts Incorpor ated.

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NEWS RELEASE

8/6/57

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TEXAS INSTRUME NTS AWARDED $1,394,318 AIR FORCE CONTRACT FOR NEWLY-D EVELOPED PHOTOGRA PHIC MAPPING RADAR SYSTEM

DALLAS, August 6--(Specia l)--Texas Instrument s Incorporate d has received its first order for a newly-deve loped photograph ic mapping radar system, a $1, 394, 318 contract from the U.S. Air Force, the Air Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced today. While the number of units involved in the initial order was not made public, W. F . Joyce, TI Vice President in char 6 e of the Api,aratus division, predicted a great demand for the new system uecause of its uroad potential application . The system was designed, engineered and developed by Tl's Apparatus division which will manufactur e them. When carried aloft, the system produces a continuous strip photograph of the picture appearing on the radar scope covering a broa<l corridor of the terrain below.

Because the corridor portrayed extends out on each side

of the plane's path, its developers have described the system as a "sidelookin g" radar. Delineation of even comparativ ely small oujects on the terrain is reported to be sharp and clear on the photograph ic map the system produces. (more)

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Through liberal use of transistors in circuitry, the system's bulk and weight will be reduced in forthcomin g units to the point where it can be installed in planes of comparativ ely small size.

The system o pe r a tes

effectively both day and night. Application s of the system are many and varied.

It is easily adaptable for performing missions for all branches of the Departmen t of Defense.

As an example of its versatility , it was used successfull y by the

U. S. Coast Guard to locate and track icebergs during the cur rent iceberg season off Newfoundla nd. To picture a corridor of terrain of similar width by convention a l aerial photograph y, the camera would have to be carried at extremely high altitudes, with resultant great loss in picture detail and clarity.

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B-17 plane equipped with a newly-deve loped Texas Instrument s photograph ic mapping radar system which it used to locate and track icebergs off Newfoundl and.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 6-MONTHS SALES AND EARNINGS REACH ALL-TIME HIGHS DALLAS, August 15 - -(Special)- -Sales and earnings of Texas Instrum e nts Incorporated for the six-month period ending June 30 attained all-time highs, President Erik Jonsson stated today in the company's mid-year report. With the continuing growth of the principal markets for the company's products and services, the report said, 1957 sales probably

will reach $70,000,000, compared to $45,600,000 in 1956.

Earnings are

expected to be above $1. 10 per share of common stock, compared to $0. 72 per share in 1956. Sales for the first six months of 1957 totalled $30,830,131, com­ pared to $19,289,917 for the same 1956 period.

Net profit after income

taxes for the first six months of 1957 amounted to $1,719,406 compared to $1,029,847 for the first half of 1956. All of the company• s outstanding 4. 48% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, was called for redemption on August 1, 1957, with most preferred stockholders electing to convert their shares into common stock.

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Tl's geophysical operations increased to 72 crews and this record . high level of Geophysical Service Inc. 's crew activity should be maintained or improved for the balance of the year, the report said. Manufacturing operations also attained new high levels with the largest gain in the Semiconductor-Comp onents division, one of the world's top producers of transistors and other semiconductor devices.

New

products introduced during the six-month period include a glass diode/rectifier to convert alternating to direct current and a high power silicon transistor, ·both of these products having a wide margin of superiority over the best similar devices previously available. The report reveals that Tl's Apparatus division, which is engaged principally in military manufacture, is working on electronics for five different guided missiles, and the design or redesign of several missile systems using silicon transistors and diodes.

Tl's current military backlog approximates

$26,000,000, most of it in the Apparatus division. Partial occupancy of TI' s 280, 000 sq ft Semiconductor -Components division plant under construction on the 300-acre Central Expressway site in Dallas is scheduled for November with completion during the Spring of 1958. Formal opening of Tl's new semiconductor plant in England is scheduled for October, 1957. The company presently is planning no additional long term financing during the balance of 1957, the report concludes. -30-

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8/16/57

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAPTAIN CHESTER W. NIMITZ, JR., JOINS TEXAS INSTRUMENTS STAFF, SON OF FAMOUS NATIVE SON SIMULTANEOUSLY BECOMES TEXAS CITIZEN Captain Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. , U. S. Navy (Ret.), son of a famous native son of Te x as, today reported for work at Texas Instruments Incorporated and himself became a citizen of the Lone Star State.

It was, he said, an

exhilarating experience on both counts. Son of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of Fredericksburg, Texas, the World War II Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet , Chester W. Nimitz, Jr., retired from the Navy on August 1 with the rank of Rear Admiral.

But he has

expressed a preference to be known as Captain or Mr. Nimitz in deference to the rank and title of his father. Captain Nimitz has never lived in Texas, his father having left home to enter the U. S. Naval Academy and never returning except for visits during his long period in the service. 11

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My father was not too happy about my decision to retire from the

Captain Nimitz said today, "but has almost rationalized the situation

through his happiness at having a son living in Texas.

He is very proud of his

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My own reasons for coming to Texas, however, were somewhat different.

In fact, it was with considerable trepidation that I made my decision as the son of a noted native son. When I decided to leave the service I made a searching (more)

pa g e two nim itz investigation of a g reat many com p anies in many p arts of the country, I was so im p ressed with Texas Instruments and the p eo p le of TI that I had no difficulty at all in making up my mind. Now that I am here I feel t hat I will t ho roughly enjoy living in Dallas and Texas and being associated with TI. 11 Cap tain Nimitz will b e g in a rotation o n jobs in all divisions of the electronics manufacturing and g eo phy sical exploration com p any b efore b ein g assi gned a po sition in the A pparatus division, TI has announced.

The

A pparatus division desi gns and manufactures com p lex electronic and electromechanical equipm ents. B e g inning his naval career in 1936 when he g raduated from the U.S. Naval Acade my in the to p 10% of his class, Cap tain Nimitz served twent y -one years b efore retirin g .

Most of his service was s p ent in subm arines and for

his World War II service he holds the Navy Cross, Navy Unit Commendation , 3 Silver Stars, and Letter o f C omm endation from the Secretary of the Navy. For service in command of t h e destroyer "OBrien" in the Korean War, h e was awarded t h e B ronze Star. While commanding a subm arine division, Cap tain Nimitz develo p ed new attack tactics and doctrine which sub sequently were adopted by the entire U.S. Subm arine Service. Subm arines under his co mm and have been awarded the B attle Efficiency Pennant as the outstanding subm arines in the Atlantic Fleet. Cap tain Nim itz, his wife and three dau 5 h ters will make t h eir home in Dallas at 5 9 10 Park Lane. -3 0 -

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WESCON SHOW VISITORS WITNESS FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL GROWING IN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EXHIBIT SAN FRANCISCO, August 20- -(Special)- -Visitors to the annual WESCON Show at the Cow Palace are witnessing the actual growing of large single crystals - -from which semiconductor devices are made - -in a feature exhibit of the four -booth Texas Instruments Incorporated dis play. A regular production crystal growing machine has been set up to demonstrate the process and will be in OJJeration throughout the four -day show.

This is

tne first time the process of producing the man-made gems - -which are purer and more perfect than diamonds or other gems created in nature--ever has been shown outside the restricted areas of the industry's manufacturing facilities. From the industry's largest oattery of crystal growers like the one being demonstrated at the show, Texas Instruments produces the germanium and silicon crystals which are the basis for the company's line of more than 150 different semiconductor devices. The TI Semiconductor -Components division crystal grower is but one of many unusual displays in the TI exhioit which includes other working demon•strations and several significant new products being introduced by Texas Instruments at this West Coast electronics show. In the TI Apparatus division display of the industry's broadest intervalometer line, a push-button demonstration shows the new Universal transistorized (more)

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intervalometer in operation.

Another display is a workin g infrared detection

system demonstratin 6 the JJ rinciple, while a third o :r,,eratin 6 exhibit is the Industrial Instrumentation division's DC recorder am p lifier and a dual "recti/ riter" continuously monitoring both line volta g e and frequency . Highlighting the exhibits in one booth is a 4-inch 1-rism fabricated by Tl's Optics division from a single silicon crystal g rown by Tl's SemiconductorComponents division. The prism is for use in infrared military detection and guidance systems. Tl's Apparatus division display also demonstrates advanced telemetry systems using transistors and diodes to achieve su_per -miniaturization.

One

200-watt transmitter shown, occupying less than one-tenth of a cubic foot of space, was created for the country's guided missile program. Among the TI products making their bow at the show are a commercially available 70 megacycle grown-diffused silicon transistor, the company's second gaseous-diffused silicon power transistor, high power alloy-junction germanium transistors, a recently announced glass diode/rectifier, a new line of silicon computer glass diodes, a new complete line of high current stud rectifiers, a new line of silicon rectifier stacks, a new line of molded resistors, and a new 1 / 4-watt resistor.

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TEXAS INSTRU MENTS NAMES MARKE TING RESEA RCH MANAG ER DALLA S, August 26--(Sp ecial)-- Appoin tment of Donald R. Buri·us as Marketi ng Researc h Manage r of Texas Instrum ents Incorpo rated was announc

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today by S. T. Harris, Vice Preside nt - Marketi ng. Mr. B u:.rus will be in charge of compan y-wide marketi ng resear c h s, activity , includin g long-ra nge econom ic and marketi ng forecas ts and analyse and of mar!cet planning and develop rr ent. A native of Fort Worth, Mr. Burrus was graduat ed from Texas A,& M. College in 1946 as a. Disting uished Student with a bachelo r of science degree in econom ics.

He receive d his master 's degree in busines s adminis tration at

the Univers ity of Texas in 1947 and returne d there in 1949 for two years

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study toward a doctor's degree in econom ics. Mr. Burrus began his busines s career as a statistic ian with a major oil compan y.

He later served one year as an econom ist with the Federa l

governm ent, leaving to become a partner in a private market researc h firm.

work In 1953 he joined the Genera l Electri c Compan y at Schenec tady, N. Y., to in the marketi ng researc h headqu arters.

In the same year he was transfe rred

to Dallas as district manage r of marketi ng researc h in the Appara tus Sales division of the Southw estern District .

He left that position to join Texas

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Mr. Burrus served from 1942 to 1946 with the U.S. Army Engineer s as a battalion executive officer, leaving the service with the rank of major. He is a

member of the America n Marketin g Associati on, America n

Economi c Associat ion and National Industria l Conferen ce Board. Mr. B urrus is married and has three children.

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GSI INFORMATION SER VICE Geophysical Service Inc. P. 0. Box 35084, Airlawn Station Dallas 35, Texas Telephone: Fleetwood 7 - 2811

9/3/57 For Immediate Release

Semi - automation in the processing of geophysical oil ~frnding data in South America will result from installation of a seismi

data

processing center in Caracas, Venezuela , President F. J . Agnich of Geophysical Service Inc. announced in Dallas August 30. More than $200 , 000 worth of electronic equipment was shipped from Dallas by air freight for establishment of the GSI data handling center .

The center is expected to be in operation by mid-September. Establishment of the center in Caracas is expected to make

the new service available to nearly all oil companies and geophysical contractors operating in South America.

Field data from seismograph

parties equipped with any of several different magnetic recording instru­ ment systems can be processed by the Caracas installation . Data processing of magnetically recorded seismic information presents a more nearly true picture of the earth's subsur face at the points of recording and aids in seismic interpretation.

Record cross

sections in seismic time or in depth will be turned out by the GSI data processing center . GSI is operating two seismic data processing centers i n the United States.

One is in Dallas and one is in New Orleans .

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TRANSISTORIZED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO MEASURE LIQUID LEVELS IN REMOTE STORAGE TANKS INTRODUCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 9- -(Special)--A new transistorized electronic system for measuring the level of liquid in any of 100 remotely located storage tanks, with accuracy of pe .dormance, reliability and self-checking features unique within its price range, was introduc e d today by Texas Instruments Incorporated. Called the "DAT A-GAGE, " the system was designed and developed especially for the oil and chemical industries to control inventories, quickly and accurately, in large installations such as tank farms.

It can be used,

however, wherever liquid materials are stored in large tanks . The "DATA-GAGE'' is being demonstrated in operation at the twelfth annual Instrument-Automation Conference and Display opening today in Cleveland. Also being shown in the Texas Instruments booth at the conference are the complete ink writing recorder line of the TI Indus tL ial Instrumentation division and the full precision optics line of the TI Optics division. New items in these lines include a transistorized DC amplifier and infrared optics fabricated from silicon crystals grown by Tl's Semiconductor-Component s division.

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Major components of the ''DATA-GAGE '' system are a receiver console, field selector unit , and liquid level gauge embodying a float of The entire system may be installed at the tank

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site, or the receiver console may be located in a remote office at any distance from the tanks .

Direct wire, telephone, carrier or microwave

transmission may be employed .

Up to 100 tanks or stations may be monitored

on a single system, with liquid depth up to 64 feet in each tank measured with an accuracy of one -six teenth inch . The operator dials the particular tank he wants to monitor and is connected immediately through the field selector unit to the liquid level gauge on that specific tank .

A dynamic mechanical surface finder is activated

and when the bottom of the float breaks ~he surface tension of the liquid in the tank, the data is telemetered to the receiver console whe:re it appears in lighted numerals . The "DAT A -GAGE 11 automaticall y checks itself on the selection of the tank to be monitored and on each individual reading without lapse of time or the involvement of separate readings by the operator .

These features

prevent confusion as to tanks being monitored or liquid levels registered through malfunctioning of the system .

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The system may be installed without taking a tank out of operation. Inasmuch as no electrical wires enter the tank, explosion hazard is lessened should lightning strike a tank carrying the installation. "DATA-GAGE'' was developed by Tl's Industrial Instrumentation division at Houston, Texas, where it will be manufactured .

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FIRST POWER FLOAT, ERROR-SAFE TANK GAUGING SYSTEM ANNOUNCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED Completely new advances in automatic liquid level measurement are announced by Texas Instruments Incorporate d with the introductio n of the DATA-GAGE, first

tank gauging system to combine unlimited-d istance, Error-Safe telemeterin g, Power Float accuracy of± 1/16 inch, and 100-tank capacity. The DATA-GAGE system consists of three compact and readily accessible units--Rece iver Console, Field Selector Unit and Liquid Level Gauge with Power Float. The Receiver Console contains the instrumenta tion which initiates interro­ gation, decode-a and checks the telemetered data, displays the correct data points, and supplies intelligenc e for printer, teletype, computer or other equipment as desired.

Tank numerals, and depths from zero to 64 feet to the

nearest 1/16 inch are displayed in columns on the inclined DataFLASH panel. Panel is black opaque with numerals invisible until illuminated from behind-­ then they become highly readable even in direct sunlight.

Easy maintenance

was a major design considerat ion-the entire housing hinges backward, without taking unit out of operation, to give ready access to all components which are kcjed to the electrical schematic for easy identificat ion.

Plug-in transistor­

ized amplifiers are easily removed and require no warmup time (no vacuum tubes are used in the entire system). The DATA-GAGE is a true digital system employing digital code in binary decimal form.

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I?ATA-GAGE code, the reliab ility of which has been proved by years of transa tlantic telegra phy.

Each decima l group and its complement are transm itted simul­

taneou sly by separa te channe ls.

If any group fails to check itself , the

interro gation is halted , and the error signal is actuate d.

This system uses

positiv e and negativ e pulses and does not depend on the length of pulse or repetit ion rate. In the DATA-GAGE, faulty transm ission cannot transla te one pulse to anothe r pulse because of the comple tely differe nt charac ter of the pulses . Measurement of the liquid level is obtaine d by a unique Power Float-- a moving rather than static mechan ical surface finder which operate s on a "surfac e tension " princip le.

As the float moves upward, liquid is trapped in

its recesse d bottom , making the tension somewhat greate r than the free weight of the float and "cockin g" the surface break detecto r in the gauge head. l\.t the instan t surface tension is broken , and the cable tension becomes equal the free weight of float, the break detecto r is "trigge red" and registe rs a reading through the code genera tor.

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The Power Float registe rs a reliab le

reading even during blendin g tank turbule nce.

No adjustm ents or compen sations

are necess ary over a wide variety of liquids .

The transis torized code genera ­

tor reads code from a tough "Cronor" plastic tape which is perman ently syn­ . chroniz ed with the perfor ated steel tape and measuring device by sprock et drives Three distin ct and separa te automa tic checks are made for accurac y before data is display ed on the DATA-GAGE:

the Power Float must trigge r the surface

break detecto r at the exact time the surface tension breaks or the code genera tor is not activat ed; the code genera tor must transm it the exact number of pulses or the error signal is lit; and in teleme tering, the decima l group (more)

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and its complement, as well as the entire data point, are checked for com­ pletenes~ and any false part thereof actuates the error signal. As an added safety factor, no electrica l wires enter the tank in this system.

Explosion -proof housings are thoroughl y tested and all electroni cs are

plug-in type which may be removed to a 11 safe" area for maintenan ce. A simple transmiss ion circuitry , low installat ion and maintenan ce costs, corrosion resistant metals throughou t, and "building block" flexibili ty are other advantage s of the DATA-GAGE system.

For complete informati on on this

new liquid measurement system which sets new standards of accuracy and relia­ bility, write to the Industria l Instrumen tation Division of Texas Instrumen ts Incorpora ted, 3609 Buffalo Speedway, Houston 6, Texas.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS NAMES .MARKETING TRAINING MANAGER DALLAS, September 20--(Special) - -Appointment of Philip Gomez as Marketing Training Manager of Texas Instruments Incorporated was announced today by S. T. Harris, Vice President - Marketin.g. Mr. Gomez will be in charge of the company-wide training of marketing personnel, including sales training and general personnel development.

In this position, he will work with all operating divisions of the

Texas Instruments family of companies. A native of Vermont, Mr. Gomez attended the public schools of his home community.

He then enrolled in Tufts University from which he was

graduated in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He joined the General Electric Co., at Schenectady, N. Y . , the year of his graduation on a test training program.

After experience in engi ­

neering and manufacturing, he held various assignments in Marketing and Marketing Management. Mr. Gomez resigned his position with General Electric to accept the staff appointment in the Mar~t-i-ng division of Texas Instruments. While with General Electric, he attended formal training courses in sales, business management, an-d marketing management. (more)

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American Society of Refrigeration Engineers. Mr. Gomez is married and has two children.

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GSI INFORMATION SERVICE Geophysical Service Inc . Box 35084, Airlawn Station Dallas 35, Texas FLeetwood 7-2811

September 20, 1957 For Immediate Release

DALLAS, Texas. - Expansion of Latin American operations of Geophysical Service Inc , has prompted several appointments in supervisory personnel for that area, announced GSI Vice President J . W. Thomas. Thomas, in charge of Latin American operations for the Dallas ­ based petroleum exploration firm, said G , J . Kohler, Jr., has been named manager of Latin American operations .

Reporting to Kohler

will be four regional operations managers , Rodolfo Martin will direct GSI operations in Mexico from Mexico City.

John Donna is supervisor for the area ,

C . J . Spivey will remain

in Caracas as manager of Venezuelan operations.

P. S. Stoutjesdyk, in

Rio de Janeiro, will manage Brazilian operations.

H. L . Reggy and

P . E . Swensen will be supervisors in Brazil.

GSI' s Andean operations

will be managed from Lima, Peru, by D. W. Rockwell, with Murrell Holbert as supervisor in Bogota, Colombia , Thomas said the appointments were made in order to assure GSI field parties of continued "on - the - ground" competent supervision during their operations in Latin America .

Further appointments are to be

made shortly in Bolivia and Guatemala . GSI has more than seventy seismic and gravity field parties at work in seventeen countries throughout the world, and its Latin Amer ican operations include field parties in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela .

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ANNOUNCES TRANSISTORIZED 200 - WATT TRANSMITTER WHICH EXTENDS RANGE OF TELEMETERING, REDUCES WEIGHT AND SPACE

DALLAS, September 24--(Special)--Trans istorized to the practi cal limits of the state of the art , a new 200-watt PM transmitter is announced by the Apparatus division of Texas Instruments Incorporated which increases substantially the· effec tive range of FM/FM telemetering.

The new equipment is complete in a single unit , requiring no

amplification of the output.

It is smaller and lighter than presently available 50-watt

transmitters for similar duty , occupying only 67 cubic inches . Extra radiating power is especially v:aluable near the termi nal phase of missile flights .

It is in this region that many unpredictable events occur , and until

now this has been the very region in which background noise has blacked out the weakening telemetered signal.

Stepping up transmission power will override back-

ground noise and extend transmission range considerably beyond line ~of-sight limits imposed by present transmission equipment . The new units transmit in the 215-2 35 me range with frequency stability of plus or minus 0. 01% up to 71° C.

Higher frequencies are poss i ble with only minor

modifications. The basic unit also can be modified to operate at power outputs as low as 25 watts.

Operation at 200 watts requires 12 cfm external cooling air .

Integral

''heat sink" provisions are ideally suited to missile requirements , stretching out the transmitter I s operation during periods of rapid heat build-up ~ - for example,

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during re ~entry into the atmosphere .

High temperature Texas Instruments silicon

transistors are used in the oscillator, phase modulator , video amplifier , and frequency doubler circuits.

The output stage utilizes a stacked cerami c tetrode

with considerable excess capacity, and tubes are also used as dr i vers and multipliers. Further details may be had by writing the manufacturer , Texas Instruments Incorporated, Apparatus division, 6000 Lemmon Avenue , Dallas 9 , Texas .

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NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ELEC ~.·s VICE PRESIDENT OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO OFFICE DALLAS, September 28- -(Special)- -W . F . Joyce , a vice president of Texas Instruments Incorporated, was elected third national vice president of-the National Security Industrial Association at its fourteenth annual convention held this week in New York City. Mr. Joyce heads the TI Apparatus division which designs and

• manufactures complex electronic and electromechanical equipments for the nation's defense . The National Security Industrial Association is comprised of the leading companies engaged in any phase of the defense effort . organized at the

It was

1stigation of the late James V. Forrestal, first

Secretary of Defense, for the purpose of brin ·ing closer together the nation 1 s ind us try and the Department of Defense . The association spon . ' sors .,

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Among the recipients have been President Eisenhower

and General Alfred E. Gruenth e·t . The annual convention brings together .-:. any of the nation's top industrialists as well as the civilian and military ~leaders of the Defens e ·

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS OPENS NEW PLANT IN BEDFORD, ENGLAND, TO MANUFACTURE TRANSISTORS, OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BEDFORD, England, Oct. 1- -(Special)- -Texas Instruments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas Instruments Incorporated, of Dallas, Texas, formally opened its new plant today for the manufacture of transistors and other semiconductor devices and their marketing throughout the sterling area countries. The plant is the first Texas Instruments manufacturing facility to be established outside the United States.

The group of subsidiaries known

as Geophysical Service Inc. maintains offices at strategic points throughout the world in support of more than seventy crews engaged under contract to oil companies in geophysical exploration for petroleum in some seventeen countries in both hemispheres. The Bedford plant houses a fully integrated production operation from the growing of crystals to the manufacture of an advanced line of trans is tors and related devices. It will benefit from a cross-fertilization of scientific and manufacturing skills and talents between itself and the parent company at Dallas, which ranks as a world leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor devices. (more)

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Attending the Bedford ceremonies were high officia.ls of the national and Bedford governments, civilian and military lei;\ders of the British armed services, ranking educators, leaders of the electronics and aviation industries, and representative s of the press. Captain Christopher Soames, the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, presided at the dedication and cut the tape to admit the visitors to the plant. P. E. Haggerty, executive vice president of Texas Instruments Incorporated from Dallas, was present at the opernng.

Also representing

the parent company were Cecil H. Green, TI vice president and GS! board chairman, and E. 0. Vetter, general manager of the TI Industrial Instrumentatio n division in Houston. Managing Director of Texas Instruments Limited is Dudley Sa ward, former Chief Radar Officer to the Commander in Chief, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, during World War II.

For his wartime service in the

development and application of radar navigational and blind bombing devices, Mr . Saward was appointed to the Order of the British Empire.

He was

educated at Bishop's Stortford College and was graduated from the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell.

Before joining Texas Instruments Limited,

Mr . Saward was deputy chairman of the board a.nd rrianaging director of Barrett & Company Limited.

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Texas Instruments Incorporated has three manufacturing plants in the United States. The main facility, at Dallas, houses the Apparatus division--whic h designs and manufactures complex electronic and electromechanical equipments for the nation's defense--and the Semiconductor Components division.

A new 280,000 sq ft plant for the Semiconductor -

Components division is nearing completion at Dallas.

At Houstonp the

Industrial Instrumentatio n division designs and manufactures instruments and equipments for geophysical exploration and data handling, and at Monrovia» Los Angeles County, California, the Optics division is the largest designer and manufacturer of precision optics in the western half of the United States.

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SILICON SEMICONDUCTOR PRICES REDUCED FOR SECOND TIME THIS YEAR BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED DALLAS, Oct. 4--(Special)--Prices are lowered as much as 22 percent on silicon transistors and 35 percent on silicon glass diodes according to an announcement made today by Texas Instruments, the nation's first and largest manufacturer of silicon transistors. This is the second significant silicon transistor price reduction made by TI during 1957.

Last January Texas Instruments reduced the prices on silicon transistors and

rectifiers purchased in large quantity lots. In addition, Texas Instruments also announced that its warranty on its entire line of silicon diodes and rectifiers is now extended to a full year instead of the 90-day warranty previously in effect.

This means that the company now guarantees the electrical charac-

teristics of all semiconductor products--silicon and germanium transistors, silicon diodes and rectifiers--for a full year starting with the date of delivery. Silicon transistor prices to original equipment m.:mufacturers in 100 and up quantities now begin at $6. 90 for small sign:11 devices, $14. 05 for medium power units, $15. 50 for switchers, $40. 00 for power semiconductors, and $16. 70 for high frequency transistors. Quantity prices of Tl's 400 milliampere and 225 to 600-volt glass diode line now start at $2.10 to manufacturers of original equipment. Texas Instruments paced the industry by a full two years in the commercial pro­ duction of silicon transistors capable of operation to 150°C, introducing them in early 1954.

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FOUR FOREIGN GEOPHYSICISTS STUDY OIL-SEARCHING INSTRUMENTS DUR ING VISIT TO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED HOUSTON PLANT HOUSTON, October 8- -(Special)- -Four geophysicists from three foreign countries are spending a month in Houston as guests of the Industrial Instrumentation Division of Texas Instruments Incorporated to familiarize them selves with the instruments whose use they will be directing in the search for oil in their homelands. Two of the visitors are from Yugoslavia, one is from India and the fourth from France.

The first three are in this country under the auspices of the

International Cooperative Association, an agency of the Federal Government. They are:

Ante Kucar, of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, representing Enterprise

Geofizika, a geophysical contracting concern; M. Spiro Popovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, representing the Institute for Geological and Geophysical Researches; M.A. Ganapathy, Dehra Dun, India, a geophysicist employed by the Government of India; and Robert Jouanne, Paris, France, representing the French Petroleum Institute. The agencies they are associated with have purchased or have on order geophysical exploration instruments or seismic data processing systems manufactured at Tl's Houston plant, located at 3609 Buffalo Speedway. They not only will study the manufacture and servicing of the highly precise and (more)

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complex equipments but will spend some time in the field observing their use by crews of Geophysical Service Inc., Tl's world-circling geophysical exploration subsidiary. Also visiting Tl's Industrial Instrumentatio n Division P l ant for a similar purpose is the Rev. Edward A. Bradley, S. J., a Geophysicist from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Bradley will leave November 1 for Antarctica to join the American Exploration team conducting glacial studies as part of the International Geophysical Year program.

He

will spend a year in the Antarctic. Father Bradley is studying the use of the Worden Gravity Meter and the 7000B Seismograph System designed and manufactured by Texas Instruments and being used by three separate international teams engaged in exploring the Antarctic ice cap to determine its thickness, and in other polar studies in connection with the IGY program.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENT S ANNUAL REPORT WINS HIGH HONORS

The 1956 annual report of Texas Instruments Incorporated won high honors in two separate competitions, one nationwide and the other statewide in scope , the company was informed today . Tl's report was adjudged third best 1n the electronics industry in the national contest covering more than 5 , 000 reports conducted for Financial World magazine by an independent screening committee. In the eighth yearly a.nr.ual r e port competition conducted by the

Texas Manufacturers Association , Texas Instruments placed second in its category , consisting of manufacturing firms with more than 500 employees. Its score was the second highest given for any report submitted in the entire competition . Bryan F. Smith , Tl's secretary & treasurer, and Clark W.Fishel, merchandising manager , will attend the Financial World presentation dinner in New York on October 28 to receive the award . The Texas Manufacturers Association award will be accepted by P . E. Haggerty , Tl's executive vice president , at a luncheon November 7 in San Antonio .

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS APPARATUS DIVISION ADDS SALES ENGINEER FOR NORTHEAST REGION DALLAS, October 23 - -(Special) - ~Appoi ntment of Joseph D. Zasa as sales engi neer in the Apparatus division of Texas Instruments Incorporated for the northeastern region of the United States with headquarters in New York City, was announced today by Maj. Gen. Charles F . Born, USAF (Ret. ). division director of service engineering. TI 1 s Apparatus division des i gns and manufactures complex electronic and electromechanical systems and equipment for the nation's defense . Mr . Zasa is a resident of Springfield, N. J.

He was graduated

from the Uni versity of Alabama with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and served in the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army from which he was dischal'ged in 1946 with the rank of captain . Before joining Texas Instru ment s • Mr . Zasa was employed nine years by Gene l'al Electric in a sales managerial c apacity and two years by Leetronics , Inc . , where he was sales manager of the Instrument division.

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HOUSTON PLANT OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS WINS HIGHEST HONORS IN CLASS AT TEXAS ARCHITECTURE, 1957, ANNUAL EXHIBITION DALLAS, October 24--(Special)--The Industrial Instrumentation division plant building of Texas Instruments Incorporated, located at Houston, Texas, has won highest honors in its classification in the Texas Architecture, 1957, exhibition, it has been announced. The TI structure was one of nine to receive awards from among forty-one projects entered by thirty-seven architects in the annual architectural exhibition. Architects

for the TI plant in Houston were O'Neil Ford, Richard

Colley, and William Tamminga. Winning architects and building owners will be honored at a luncheon in Dallas on November 1 during a 3-day meeting of the Texas Society of Architects, a regional division of the American Institute of Architects. The architects will be presented certificates and the owners will receive aluminum plaques suitable for placing on the buildings. The I -story, 40, 000 sq ft Industrial Instrumentation division plant is located at 3609 Buffalo Speedway in Houston. year and formally dedicated last October.

It was constructed last

Of pre-stressed concrete

construction, its walls are covered with 11 saw cut" Georgia marble. Interior (more)

page 2 houston plant wins honors walls are 1n colors and furnishings are of modern, cheerful d e s i g n. A garden area just off the lobby offers an attraction to vis i to r s and visual

relief to those working in the manufacturing area beyond it . Underground parking and overflow storage space ar e pr ovi ded in the building's basement.

The basement area can be con v e r t ed easily

into manufacturing space and the general design and construct ion lend themselves to additions with minimum inconvenience. The TI Houston plant won first honors for laboratory and plant in the commercial classification of the annual exhibition.

Judges were

Walter A. Netsch of Skidmore, Owens and Merrill, Chicago, chairman; Donald P. Stevens of Albuquerque, N. M., former professor at the University of Texas; and Professor John W. Lawrence of Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Judgments were on the basis of ( 1) quality of the plan to the problem, (2) relation of the plan to the 3-dimensional solution, (3) c h ara c ter of the

building in the round, (4) selection of materials, and (5) te c hnical detailing of materials. The Braselton Construction Company of Corpus Chris ti was the general contractor in construction of the Houston plant of Te x as Instrument s Incorporated . -30NOTE TO EDITOR:

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1957, exhibition.

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TEXAS INSTRUME NTS NAMES HEAD FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEER ING AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR INDUSTRIA L INSTRUME NTATION DIVISION DALLAS , October 26 -- (Special) ~ Appomtme nt of Robert W. Olson as vice president- research and engineering of Texas Instrument s Incorporate d, and E. 0 . Vetter as general manager of TI I s L1dustrial Instrument ation division at Houston, was announced ·c oday by P . E . Haggerty, executive vice president . M ,_

0 l ::nu, ..., vice president of Texas Instrument s from 1951 to 195 3,

returns to the executive staff after serving nearly four years as head of the Industrial L1strument ation division . In his new position , Mr. Olson will direct the planning and coordination of Tl's research and engineering activities , especially on the long - range basis.

Dr. Gordon K . Teal _ assistant vice president , continues as director

of research in charge of the company 1 s central research laboratorie s . Mr. Olson joined Texas Instrument s in November , 1945 , and served as chief engineer and later as vice president m charge of research and engineering until his assignment to the Houston operation.

During the war

he was a contract engineer with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and a senior engineer with the Bureau of Aeronautic s .

He is a native of Preston , Minn. ,

and was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1938 with a Bachelor of S c ience degree in Electrical Engineerin g. (more)

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Mr. Olson is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Institute of Radio Engineers, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dallas Geological Society, Dallas Geophysical Society and American Ordnance Association .

He is a registered professional engineer in the State of

Texas and holds thirteen patents in the fields of electronics and geophysics. Mr . Vetter goes to his new position from Geophysical Service Inc . , a TI subsidiary company, where he had served as administrative vice president since April, 1955.

He joined the staff of the geophysical

exploration company in 1952 as controller and was promoted to assistant vice president-administration in April, 1954 .

He is a native of Rochester,

N . Y . , and was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of the American Petroleum Institute and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORAT ED REPORTS NEW RECORDS IN BOTH SALES AND EARNINGS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR TO DATE DALLAS, October 29 - -(Special)- - The third quarter of 1957 was the best quarter in the 27-year history of Texas Instruments Incorporated and both sales and earnings for the full year will reach all-time highs, President Erik Jonsson reported today. Total sales for 1957 are expected to be more than $65 million and earnings per share of common stock are expected to be above $1. 10 per share on the basis of 3,256,988 shares outstanding, h e said.

This compares with sales of $45,699,358

and earnings of $0. 72 per share in 1956 on 3,008,275 shares then outstanding. Third quarter sales amounted to $17, 284, 000 for a gain of 64% over 1956 third-quarter sales of $10, 563, 000.

Net earnings for the third-quarter were

$953,000, or $0. 29 per shar e , for a gain of 100% over the 1956 third-quarter. Nine-months sales and earnings were $48, 114, 000 and $2, 672, 000, respectively, compared with $29,853,000 a nd $1,506,000 for the first nine months of 1956, High levels of activity were reported for all divisions of the company for both the third-quarter and the year to d a t e , Sales of transistors and related semiconductor d e vices continue at a steadily increasing volume, making an important contribution to company profit. Within 60 days the company will take partial o c cupancy of a new plant for the manufacture of transistors and r e lat e d products which is under construction on

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a 300-acre TI site in Dallas.

Growth of the overall market has necessitated revision

of plans for the structure to call for a total square footage of 310,000 instead of the 280, 000 sq ft originally planned, Sales of electronic and electromechanical systems to the U.S. government also are holding up well.

Contract stretch-outs or cancellations received or

expected are not anticipated to have a major effect on the company 1 s operations. The company 1 s participation in the missile program has increased.

Currently,

Texas Instruments is engaged in six different missile projects, producing such systems as those involving missile guidance, telemetering and ground control. Texas Instruments geophysical exploration business this year is expected to set an all-time record despite a downward trend for the industry as a whole in domestic and Canadian activity. Earlier this month, TI formally opened its first manufacturing plant on foreign soil, a new facility in Bedford, England, for the production of transistors and other semiconductor devices.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED ESTIMATED THIRD QUARTER SALES AND EARNINGS 1957

1956

1955

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$29,853,000 2,531,000 1,506,000

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$10,563,000 814,000 476,000

$ 7, 119, 000 571,000 404,000

3,256,988

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2,987,013

*All previously outstanding 4 . 48% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, has been redeemed or converted into common stock.

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APPARATU S DIVISION OF TEXAS INSTRUME NTS APPOINTS REQUIREM ENTS MANAGER FOR SERVICE ENGINEER ING DEPARTM ENT DALLAS, Oct. 30 - -(Special)- -Appointme nt of Philip Gomez as requiremen ts manager in the Apparatus division of Texas Instrument s Incorporate d was announced today by W F. Joyce, TI vice president in charge of the division. Mr. Joyce simultaneo usly announced a realignmen t of the service engineering staff to increase the effectivene ss of Tl's service to the Departmen t of Defense and to the companies with which the Apparatus division does business. Mr. Gomez will be responsible for programmi ng the division's efforts in servicing all requiremen ts and directing the liaison on all developmen tal and manufactur ing contracts . He will report to Maj. Gen. Charles F. Born, USAF (Ret . ), manager of service engineering in the Apparatus division.

Also reporting to General Born will be Robert J. Mitchell,

data manager, and Don Armstrong , administra tive manager. Mr. Gomez will have supervision over the division's service engineers and program managers. Strengtheni ng of the Apparatus division's service engineering staff, Mr. Joyce said, is in recognition of Tl's enhanced participatio n in the guided

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missile programs and other complex electronic defense projects. Coming to Texas Instrument s last May, Mr. Gomez has been serving as marketing training manager under S . T . Harris, vice presidentmarketing .

Before joining TI, he had been with General Electric Co., for

sixteen years.

He is a native of Vermont and was graduated from Tufts

University in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineerin g. In addition to designing and manufactur ing complex electronic and electromec hanical systems for the nation's defense, Texas Instrument s is the world's largest manufactur er of transistors and related semiconduc tor devices and the leading geophysica l exploration company with more than 70 crews operating in 17 different countries of the free world .

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HOCH TRANSFERS TO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SEMICONDUC TOR -COMPONENT S DIVISION DALLAS, November 1- -(Special)- -Appointment of Robert G. Hoch as materials manager and new products manager in the Texas Instruments Incorporated Semiconductor -Components division marketing department, was announced today by Z. W. Pique, division marketing manager . Mr. Hoch will manage and supervise marketing activities for the commercial sale of Tl's sem i conductor grade silicon and related materials.

He joins the S e miconductor-C omponents division after two

and one-half years of service with Tl's Apparatus division where he was manager of servic e engineering . Before joining Te x as Instruments, Mr. Hoch spent fourteen ,ears in the eng i neering field with Minneapolis Honeywell where his last position was that of reg i onal manager.

H e was graduated from the University of

Minnesota in 1934 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. Mr. Hoch is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers and Wings.

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SEMICONDUCTOR GRADE SILICON MATERIAL PRICES I.CME.RED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DALLAS, November 1--(Special)--P rices are lowered 20 to 25 percent on semiconductor grade silicon material according to an announcement made tod.ey by Texas Instruments Incorporated. Vice President Mark Shepherd, Jr. stated that the reductions-­ effective today--were made possible by improved production techniques and the continuously expanding market for silicon material. The reductions followed by less than a month price reductions of as much as 22 percent on silicon transistors and 35 percent on silicon glass diodes manufactured by Texas Instruments. The prices of all three grades of TI silicon material are reduced. Standard grade now sells for $24o per pound; Premium grade, $4oo per pound; Research grade, $750 per pound. TI Standard grade has a minimum resistivity of 10 ohm-centimeter s and is P, N or mixed t ype.

TI Standard grade is also supplied with a

minimum resistivity of 4o ohm-centimeter s P-type or 15 ohm-centimeter s N-type at a service charge of $10.

This grade of TI semiconductor grade

silicon material is used in the manufacture of silicon small signal transistors, low voltage recti fiers and diodes, and solar converters. Premium grade silicon, pure P-ty:pe material with a m:in1mmn resistivity of 100 ohm-centimeter s, i s used in the production of silicon (more) RE GI O N OF F IC ES 99 PARK AVE N U E N E W Y O RK 16, NE W YO R K MURRAY HILL 2-79 5 1

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materl. al, TI Research grade is the industry's highest purity basic raw material and is used primarily in semiconductor developmental work.

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TwO NEW 4-WATT DIFFUSED-BASE SILICON TRANSISTORS ANNOUNCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS mcORPORATED DALLAS, November 1--(SpeciaJ.)--T he gap between commerciaJ.ly available low power and high power transistors has been closed as a result of' Texas Instruments announcement today of two new diffused-base silicon medium power transistors. OriginaJ. equipment manufacturers can now design and build transistorized medium power circuits utilizing the two new transistors' 4-watt at 25°c case temperature and 1-watt at 150°c case temperature dissipation ratings.

These high dissipation/hig h temperature ratings a.re

a built-in safety factor for designers of lower power circuitry. Both new N- P-N t ransistors feature a typical saturation resistance of only 20 ohms at 25°c plus an oper ating range of -65°c t o + 20O°c. To insure the guaranteed specifications of these new devices, they a.re temperature stabilized at 215°c.

These diffused-base transistors a.re

well adapted to high temperature switching applications because of the high peak currents resulting from the l-watt/150oC dissipation and 20-ohm

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The 2N497 is a 6o-volt transistor, ideal for

use with the 28-volt power supplies employed in military aircraft.

The

2N498 is a 100-volt device for use in higher voltage applications such as servo amplifiers and regulated power supplies for missile applications. Other significant features of Texas Instruments new medium power silicon transistors include an 8oO-milliwatt free air temperature rating, an 8-volt minimum emitter-to-base rating and a typical static forward current transfer ratio of 20. Texas Instruments is the nation's first and largest conunercial manufacturer of silicon transistors.

In addition, TI manufactures and

markets one of the industry's widest product lines of germanium transistors, silicon diodes and rectifiers, electrical measuring instruments, deposited carbon resistors, plus high purity silicon material.

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base silicon power transistor and Bulletin DL-S 84o describing the 2N497 and 2N498.

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NEW LOW-COST DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INTRODUCED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORAT ED DALLAS , November 11--(Special)-- A new low-cost data process~ng system for quick and easy process i ng and interpretation of seismic data was introduced today by Texas Instruments Incorporated. The "VIP" (Variable Intensity Plotter) offers central processing office advantages while preserving portability. The "VIP" is being introduced at the 27th annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists opening today at the Statler Hilton Hotel i n Dallas. Components of the system consist of a visual display unit measuring 31 inches by 31 inches by 32 inches and weighing 65 pounds and a computing unit measuring 31 inches by 13-1 / 2 inches by 32 inches and weighing 85 pounds.

The two units fit together.

The system operates on 115 volt 60 cycle AC power and requires about 2 KW. Also displayed in the Texas Instruments booths at the conference are a "seisMAC" (Seismic Magnetic Automatic Computer) which has

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brought new speed and accuracy to seismic data processing ; the "SAC" (Seismic Analog Computer) designed for making time corrections in the field; a new low-cost miniature seismometer designated the "S-42; " the world-famous Worden Gravity Meter ; and the "rec ti/rite r" -the first Rectilinear Recording Milliammeter which has proved itself ideally suited for well logging operations as well as a wide variety of other industrial, med{cal and defense uses. The "VIP" displays corrected seismic data on the face of a twenty-inch cathode ray tube for easy reading and examination, and on a five-inch cathode ray tube for photographic recording. The output of 24 recording channels may be processed simultaneously in a matter of seconds, after normal move-out and time-depth adjustments have been made on the plotter's control bank. tions can be visually ascertained and applied.

Static correc-

A calibrated cathode ray

tube also is provided so that computed corrections can be accurately inserted. Seismic sections are made easily by photographing each corrected seismogram in shot-point sequence.

Records may be composited so as

to improve signal-to-noise ratio. The plotter is arranged so that the horizontal and vertical axes of the cathode ray tube correspond to se i smometer spread, and depth, respective! y.

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magnetic recorder is applied to the Z axis, resulting in "spot" intensity modulation in proportion to the input signal and thus producing a variable density type of display. The "VIP" was developed by Texas Instruments Industrial Instrumentation division at Houston, Texas, where it is being manufactured.

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now on display in Texas Instruments Incorporated booths at the 27th annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists at Dallas, Texas.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS S-C DIVISION NAMES MILITARY RELATIONS ENGINEER DALLAS, December 16--(Special)--Appoin tment of Frank Clarke as military relations engineer for the Texas Instruments Semiconductor -Components division with headquarters in Washington, D. C . , was announced today by Z. W. Pique, S-C division manager of marketing. Mr. Clarke will service the engineering requirements of all government procurement agencies in the Washington area for the TI Semiconductor -Components division.

He will report to Earl Trantham, division military relations manager,

and will have his office in Tl's Washington sales and military relations office at 1413 K Street, NW . A veteran of 30 years service in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Clarke retired m 1954 with the rank of commander. He then was employed three years with Melpar, Inc., at Falls Church , Va., as contracts administrator. While in Naval se rv ice, Mr. Clarke headed the equipment and facilities section, Training division, Bureau of Naval Personnel.

In that

capacity, he was officer in charge of two of the Navy's electronics schools.

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FELLOWSHIP IN INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS IS A WARDED EXECUTIVE VICE ~RESIDENT OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORAT ED DALLAS, December 17--(Special)- -Patrick E. Haggerty, executive vice president of Texas Instruments Incorporated, has been notified by the board of directors of the Institute of Radio Engineers of his election as a Fellow of the institute. Award of the fellowship was based on Mr. Haggerty's "dynamic and inspiring management of the electronics activities of his company and his large personal part in leading the technical efforts of Texas Instruments.'' The citation reads:

"For leadership in the advancement of the

semiconductor industry." Texas Instruments entered the semiconductor field in 1952 and now ranks as the world's leading producer of transistors and related semiconductor devices.

It has achieved two outstanding industry ''firsts''--

the development and production in commercial quantities of the first silicon transistor, and the introduction and mass production of commercially practicable high frequency germanium transistors.

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These attainments contributed significantly to the widespread use of transistors by the electronics industry.

The introduction of silicon transis-

tors considerably accelerated the use of transistors in military devices while the mass production of high frequency germanium transistors made possible the first, as well as subsequent, versions of the all-transistor portable radios. lv1r. Haggerty has been a senior member of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

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DALLAS, Texas. - Mr. B. E. Watson, of the California Standard Company in Calgary, was recently presented with a desk globe of the world as first prize for being "top producer" on the Geophysical Service Inc. pinball machine at the 27th annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in Dallas, Texas . The pinball machine in the GSI booth at the meeting was re ~vamped from an old one along the lines of the theme of the meeting, "Worldwide Exploration".

It illustrated a cut-away section of the

earth and showed how oil production could be increased through the use of geophysics in exploration.

Scores were in bbls/day, and Mr. Watson

scored 6840, out of a possible 6990 bbls/day. GSI provided booth visitors with the first nickle and convention goers used their own change for subsequent plays.

All proceeds from

the machine were matched by GSI and donated to the SEG scholarship fund.

A check for $128. 20 was sent to Colin Campbell, business mana-

ger of the SEG. Presentation of the globe was made in Calgary by Ray H. Wright, GSI area manager for Canada .

1957 NEWS RELEASE LISTING C. Fishel C. Fishel C.Bond

Two TI ESCO New Two Channel Very High Frequency Price Reduction On B ryan Smith Elected Germanium Radi o ESCO

Houston Technical-Wm . I. Mann Van Vranken -Sales Manager Rectilinear Recorder Transistor Price Reduced Silicon Transistors Bryan Smith = Tax Executive Radio Transistor Kit W. "Pat" Fralia

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Marketing Office in Ottawa Gen. Hamlin Visits TI -Dallas , Gen. Max J. Volcansek, Jr. ESCO - Subsidiary Dudley Saward =TI Ltd. Mgr. Dir. TI Limited Starts Plant $4 million plant contract to McKee S=C Plant Ground Br-ea.king

Mar.11 11 18 18 29 30

TI Announces Semiconductor Grade TI Launches TI Sales Bulletin on New TI Appoints

C. Fishel High Purity Silicon C. Clough S=C Grade Silicon Available Clough C. Tugboat at IRE Show C. Fishel Sales Rise 59% Over previous yr. recorder 2-Channel Galvanometer Don Maciver = Public Relations Mgr.C . Fishel

Apr . 9 15

New Grown - D iffus ed 1957 Military Profes s or s From TI President Reports GS! Information Service Fifteen New Silicon TI Announces

Gro wn-diffused reflex transistor Training With Industry Program Seminar at Texas Instruments First quarter =s ales & earnings John M cC ormack 15 new silicon transistors Producti on at Houston plant

C . Clough D. Mac:=ver D. Maclver D. Maciver B, Alexander C. Clough D. Maciver

13 13 18 25 25 30

Authority on Circuits TI S=C D ivision Two Bulletins on Hanschen Appoint ed Macale st er College TI Open s Camden First Commercial gaseous TI Achiev es Major TI Appoints TI Flies 81 s e is MAC" TI To Exhibit Wives of TI Sales

Robert L . Trent Move to El Dorado Building Bulletins on precision optics R. J. (Dick) Hanschen~Mid =America Macale ster College-Max Volcansek Camden , N. J. office opened 2N389 =diffused-junct ion transistor Highe st power silicon transistor Louis G. Karagianis 11 seisMAC" to Paris Telemetering system at conference Wives to attend S=C conference

D. Maciver D. Maciver D. Maclver D, Maclver D. Maciver D. Maclver C. Clough D. Maciver D. Maclver D. Maciver D. Maciver D. Maciver

12

TI President Predicts

1957 Sales & Earnings

D. Ma clver

Jan.

1

2 9 10

16 14 21 · 23

5 11

13

22 24

16 17 18 19 27 May- - 3 4

6 7 8 8

Jun

7

C. Clough ESCO C. Clough C. Fishel C. Fishel

C, Fishel C . Fishel C. Fishel

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28

GSI Informati on Service Brochure on New GSI Information Service Retired Rea r Admiral GSI Information Service First Electronically T I =GS! Offi c e s

GSI St.u dent Cooperative Plan Brochure on seismic data David A. Bentzin Rear Admiral H. W. Seely GS! move to Exchange Bank Transistorized DC amplifier TI - GSI move to Exchange Bank

B, Alexander D. Maclver B.Alexander D , Maclver B. Alexander L. Wells D, Maclver

July

1 5 24

TI Apparatus D ivision 400 Milliamper e Captain Chester W .

L . D . Strom - W.R. Hedeman, Jr. Silicon gla.s s diode/rectifier Chester W . Nimitz, Jr. -rotate job

D. Ma.elver C . Clough D, Maclver

Aug

6

TI Awarded TI 6 -Months Sales Captain Chester W. Nimitz We scon Show Visitors TI Names

$1,394,318 Air Force contract 6 - Month s sales and earnings Chester W . Nimitz, Jr. joins TI Crystal Growing - Wescon Show D . R. Burrus - Mktg. Research

D. Maciver D. Maciver D. Maciver D. Ma.elver D , Mac!ver

Tran sistorized Electronic F ir st Power Float GSI Informati on Service TI Names Marketing GS! Information Service TI Anno unces National Se curity Industri al

D. Maclver System to measure liquid levels system E rr or -saf e tank gauging B. Alexander Data processing D. Maciver Phili p Gomez - mktg. training B , Alexander G. J . Kohler, Jr. Transistorized 200-watt transmitter B , Mitchell D. Mac!ver W . F. Joyce 3rd nat'l vp of assoc.

Jun

14 19 22 26

27

15 16 20 26 Sept

9 3

20 20 24 28 Oct

23 24 26 30 29 1 l 1 11

Hoch Transfers to Two New 4 - Watt Semicondu ctor Grade New Low - Cost Data

Robert G. Hoch to S-C Two 4 -watt silicon transistors Silicon Material prices lowered Low - cost data processing system

D. Maclver C. Clough C. Clough L.Well s

TI S -C Division Fellowship in Institute GSI Information Service

F rank Clarke-militar y rels. engr. Pat Haggerty-fello wship award De sk globe award

D. Maclver D. Ma.elver B . Alexander

22

Nov .

C . Clough D. Maciver D. Maciver D, Maciver D. Mac!ver D. Maclver . D. Maclver D . Ma.elver

Silicon Semiconductor P rices S-C prices reduced 4 geophysicists visit IID Four Foreign Geophysicists Annual report wins honors TI Annual Repo rt Joseph D . Zasa -sales engineer TI Appa ratus Division IID Plant wins highest honors Houston Plant of TI Robert W . Olson - Research - IID TI Name s Head Philip Gomez-reqmts . mgr. Apparatus Division Of 3rd gtr. sales &: earnings TI Repo rts

4 8

Dec. 16 17 31