TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
10-Q, 1996-10-18
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                               Washington, D.C.

                                     20549



                                   FORM 10-Q




                  QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 or 15(d)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For Quarter Ended September 30, 1996       Commission File Number 1-3761



                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
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            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



        Delaware                                      75-0289970
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(State of Incorporation)                  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)




  13500 North Central Expressway, P.O. Box 655474, Dallas, Texas  75265-5474
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 972-995-3773
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the 
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to 
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   X    No      
                                                     ----      ----

                                 189,961,969
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             Number of shares of Registrant's common stock outstanding
                             as of September 30, 1996



                          PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  Financial Statements.
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<CAPTION>


                                  TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                         Consolidated Financial Statements
                                (In millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.)

                                                            For Three Months Ended      For Nine Months Ended
                                                            ----------------------      ---------------------
<S>                                                           <C>        <C>              <C>        <C>
                                                              Sept 30    Sept 30          Sept 30    Sept 30  
Income                                                          1996       1995             1996       1995   
- ------                                                        -------    -------          -------    -------  
Net revenues...............................................   $ 2,841    $ 3,425          $ 8,761    $ 9,525  
Operating costs and expenses:
  Cost of revenues.........................................     2,075      2,322            6,322      6,373  
  Research and development.................................       466        221              983        648  
  Marketing, general, and administrative...................       424        445            1,288      1,319  
                                                              -------    -------          -------    -------  
    Total..................................................     2,965      2,988            8,593      8,340  
                                                              -------    -------          -------    -------  
Profit (loss) from operations..............................      (124)       437              168      1,185  
Other income (expense) net.................................        15          6               79         42  
Interest on loans..........................................        24         12               48         38  
                                                              -------    -------          -------    -------  
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes............      (133)       431              199      1,189  
Provision for income taxes.................................        15        142              108        392  
                                                              -------    -------          -------    -------  
Net income (loss)..........................................   $  (148)   $   289          $    91    $   797  
                                                              =======    =======          =======    =======  
Earnings (loss) per common and common equivalent share.....   $ (0.78)   $  1.48          $  0.48    $  4.13  

Cash dividends declared per share of common stock..........   $  0.17    $  0.17          $  0.51    $  0.465 

Cash Flows
- ----------
Net cash provided by operating activities..............................................   $   246    $ 1,135  

Cash flows from investing activities:
  Additions to property, plant and equipment...........................................    (1,696)      (914)  
  Purchases of short-term investments..................................................       (14)      (606)  
  Sales and maturities of short-term investments.......................................       195        801   
  Acquisition of business, net.........................................................      (313)        --   
  Proceeds from sale of businesses.....................................................       150         --   
                                                                                          -------    -------   
Net cash used in investing activities..................................................    (1,678)      (719)  

Cash flows from financing activities:
  Additions to loans payable...........................................................       162         42   
  Additions to long term debt..........................................................       841         24   
  Payments on long term debt...........................................................      (172)        (5)  
  Dividends paid on common stock.......................................................       (97)       (78)  
  Sales and other common stock transactions............................................        23         99   
  Other................................................................................        (2)         1   
                                                                                          -------    -------   
Net cash provided by financing activities..............................................       755         83   

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash................................................       (11)         9   
                                                                                          -------    -------   
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents...................................      (688)       508   
Cash and cash equivalents, January 1...................................................     1,364        760   
                                                                                          -------    -------   
Cash and cash equivalents, September 30................................................   $   676    $ 1,268   
                                                                                          =======    =======   
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<CAPTION>

                      TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                             Consolidated Financial Statements
                    (In millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.)


                                                                        Sept. 30      Dec. 31    
Balance Sheet                                                             1996         1995     
- -------------                                                           --------      -------    
<S>                                                                     <C>          <C>
Assets
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents..........................................   $   676      $ 1,364    
  Short-term investments.............................................         8          189    
  Accounts receivable, less allowance for losses of
    $62 million in 1996 and $45 million in 1995......................     2,174        2,320    
  Inventories:
    Raw materials....................................................       242          299    
    Work in process..................................................       728          607    
    Finished goods...................................................       293          434    
    Less progress billings...........................................      (260)        (205)   
                                                                        -------      -------    
      Inventories (net of progress billings).........................     1,003        1,135    
                                                                        -------      -------    
  Prepaid expenses...................................................        57           57    
  Deferred income taxes..............................................       474          453    
                                                                        -------      -------    
    Total current assets.............................................     4,392        5,518    
                                                                        -------      -------    
Property, plant and equipment at cost................................     7,214        5,631    
  Less accumulated depreciation......................................    (2,872)      (2,444)   
                                                                        -------      -------    
    Property, plant and equipment (net)..............................     4,342        3,187    
                                                                        -------      -------    
Deferred income taxes................................................       220          229    
Other assets.........................................................       603          281    
                                                                        -------      -------    
Total assets.........................................................   $ 9,557      $ 9,215    
                                                                        =======      =======    

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
  Loans payable and current portion long-term debt...................   $   207      $    27    
  Accounts payable...................................................       808        1,110    
  Accrued and other current liabilities..............................     1,522        2,051    
                                                                        -------      -------    
    Total current liabilities........................................     2,537        3,188    
                                                                        -------      -------    
Long-term debt.......................................................     1,677          804    
Accrued retirement costs.............................................       877          801    
Deferred credits and other liabilities...............................       351          327    

Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred stock, $25 par value. Authorized - 10,000,000 shares.
    Participating cumulative preferred. None issued..................        --           --    
  Common stock, $1 par value. Authorized - 500,000,000 shares.
    Shares issued: 1996 - 190,101,782; 1995 - 189,526,939............       190          190    
  Paid-in capital....................................................     1,104        1,081    
  Retained earnings..................................................     2,875        2,881    
  Less treasury common stock at cost.
    Shares: 1996 - 139,813; 1995 - 138,129...........................       (12)         (12)   
  Other..............................................................       (42)         (45)   
                                                                        -------      -------    
    Total stockholders' equity.......................................     4,115        4,095    
                                                                        -------      -------    
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity...........................   $ 9,557      $ 9,215    
                                                                        =======      =======    
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                  TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           Notes to Financial Statements


Earnings (loss) per common and common equivalent share are based on average 
common and common equivalent shares outstanding (189.7 and 195.1 million 
shares for the third quarters of 1996 and 1995, and 191.8 and 193.3 million 
shares for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 and 1995).  Shares 
issuable upon exercise of dilutive stock options and upon conversion of 
dilutive convertible debentures are included in average common and common 
equivalent shares outstanding.

In the first quarter of 1996, the company issued $300 million of 6.125 
percent notes due 2006.

In the third quarter of 1996, the company acquired Silicon Systems, Inc. via 
a stock purchase agreement for $340 million in cash plus the assumption of a 
$235 million long-term note to TDK Corp. of Japan.  The cash payment, 
initially financed by a draw down on TI's existing line of bank credit, was 
permanently financed through the company's issuance on July 26 of $400 
million of three- and four-year notes.  As a result of this acquisition, the 
company took a one-time charge of $192 million in the third quarter for the 
value of acquired in-process R&D.  There is no tax offset associated with 
this one-time charge.

Beginning in 1996, the company has made reclassifications to its statement 
of income to conform with current industry practices.  Research and 
development expense, which was previously included in cost of revenues, is 
now presented separately.  Also, employees' retirement and profit sharing 
plans expense, previously separately reported, is now allocated throughout 
operating costs and expenses, consistent with other employee benefit costs. 
Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the 1996 
presentation.

The statements of income, statements of cash flows and balance sheet at 
September 30, 1996, are not audited but reflect all adjustments which are of 
a normal recurring nature and are, in the opinion of management, necessary 
to a fair statement of the results of the periods shown.






















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ITEM 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations.

Continued price declines of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips and 
lower royalties depressed financial performance for the Registrant (the 
"company" or "TI") during the third quarter of 1996.

In contrast, differentiated semiconductor products, led by digital signal 
processors (DSP) and mixed-signal products, achieved record revenues.

Financial Summary

Net revenues for the quarter were $2841 million, down 17 percent from the 
third quarter of 1995.  The decrease resulted primarily from the continued 
decline in DRAM prices and lower royalty revenues.

Profit from operations for the third quarter, exclusive of a one-time charge 
of $192 million for in-process R&D associated with the purchase of Silicon 
Systems, Inc. (SSi), was $68 million, compared with $437 million in the 
third quarter of 1995.  Including the charge, loss from operations for the 
third quarter was $124 million.

Income for the quarter was $44 million, compared with $289 million in the 
third quarter of 1995, or $0.23 per share, excluding the effect of the one-
time SSi charge.  Including this charge, net loss for the quarter was $148 
million, or $0.78 per share.

In view of the current market environment and the need to keep costs in line 
with demand, TI is offering an enhanced voluntary retirement program to 
about 5300 eligible U.S.-based employees, effective until December 31, 1996. 
This program is expected to result in a fourth quarter 1996 charge based on 
the number of people who elect to participate.

Semiconductors

Average DRAM unit prices were down about 80 percent in the third quarter of 
1996, compared with the year-ago period, and about 35 percent from the 
second quarter of 1996. Lower prices and the high level of fixed investment 
resulted in a loss in TI's memory operations, which was larger than in the 
second quarter of 1996.

Despite the major impact of lower DRAM prices, TI's semiconductor business 
remained profitable in the quarter, excluding the SSi charge.

TI's joint ventures, which share in the risks and rewards of DRAM 
production, helped reduce the effect of market volatility on TI, but were 
not able to fully comprehend the sharp decline in average unit price.  
Prices turned upward near the end of the quarter but not in time to affect 
quarterly results.

The financial results of SSi are included in this quarter.  The integration 
of SSi's mixed-signal/analog business is proceeding faster than expected. 
This acquisition provides the opportunity to couple TI's digital signal 
processing leadership, manufacturing capacity and process technology with 
SSi's design capability and systems expertise.





                                     5
In the third quarter of 1996, TI's Digital Signal Processing Solutions 
(DSPS) revenues were approximately 40 percent of the company's total 
semiconductor revenues, up substantially from a year ago.  Differentiated 
product revenues approached two-thirds of the total.

TI is entering one of the most active periods of new product development in 
the history of its digital signal processing business.  TI believes that its 
expanding range of DSP solutions and breakthrough technology will 
significantly increase the performance of customers' end equipment.  
Advances are also being made in value-added solutions for networking, mass 
storage and wireless communications, which will take advantage of TI's 
previously announced 0.18-micron process technology, TImeline(TM).

In the current market environment with uncertain near-term visibility, TI's 
semiconductor business continues its focus on operational excellence and 
productivity improvements to better align costs with demand.

Defense Systems & Electronics

Revenues in TI's defense systems and electronics business were up slightly 
over the year-ago period, and margins remained stable.  The business 
continues to focus on operational excellence and cost reductions, as well as 
opportunities to leverage technologies into next-generation defense systems.

During the quarter, the Naval Sea Systems Command awarded TI a key contract 
for design and development of the Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGM) 
Projectile.  As winner of this competition, TI will have the opportunity to 
insert advanced technology for missile guidance into this program and 
continue the company's commitment to the production of cost-effective, 
precision-guided weapons.  This munition, which uses low-cost global 
positioning system (GPS) guidance technology, has a market potential of more 
than $5 billion including future derivatives and international 
opportunities.

The U.S. Army also awarded TI's defense business a contract for low-rate 
production of the Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) program, a 
second-generation Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) system.  This represents 
the successful transition from a 40-month development program into 
production.

Materials & Controls

In TI's materials and controls business, revenues and margins were up from 
the third quarter of 1995.  The business continues to develop new 
electronics-based sensors for applications in automotive, appliance and 
industrial markets.

Personal Productivity Products

Revenues in TI's personal productivity products business were up more than 
50 percent over the year-ago period, and up from the prior quarter, 
reflecting a stronger volume of notebook computers and back-to-school 
calculator shipments to retailers.







                                     6

Volume shipments of TI's new line of TravelMate(TM) 6000 high-performance 
notebooks began during the quarter, and initial customer reaction has been 
favorable.  The Extensa(TM) line of value-priced notebooks began to 
transition to the newly announced 600 series platforms in time for the 
fourth quarter selling season.  Heavy product support and aggressive pricing 
on older models continued to negatively impact financial results.

TI recently completed the sale of certain assets of its worldwide printer 
and related supplies business to Genicom Corporation.  This business 
contributed about $28 million in revenues to TI in the third quarter of 
1996.

Emerging Opportunities

During the quarter, an expanded leadership team with extensive systems 
experience was announced in TI's digital imaging activity to make a 
successful transition from development to commercial implementation.  This 
team will focus on overcoming production ramp-up challenges and achieving 
cost reductions in a very competitive marketplace.  The business will 
continue to require high levels of sustained investment.

Texas Instruments Software continued its strategic direction of broadening 
the applications and user base for its development tools.  During the 
quarter, the business announced Performer(TM), a department-level, model-
based applications development tool that combines the ease-of-use of visual 
programming tools with the integrity of client/server enterprise systems.

Summary

TI's plans for 1997 are being based on moderate recovery in the world 
semiconductor market, following an expected decline of about 10 percent in 
1996 due to the precipitous drop in DRAM prices.  In recent weeks, DRAM 
prices have turned up, reflecting inventory depletion and customers' 
anticipation of seasonally stronger PC sales.  In addition, the average 
memory content per computer is escalating because of demand for 32 megabyte 
systems, as customers take advantage of lower prices.  While these 
developments may be favorable for the longer term, the DRAM market is likely 
to remain volatile for the near term. 

TI is taking several actions to improve its longer-term performance, 
including the voluntary retirement program that is being offered in most 
U.S. TI businesses and support areas. 

TI plans to significantly reduce capital spending in 1997, following the 
completion of the exceptionally high level of investment required in 1996 to 
build the base for advanced logic and mixed-signal manufacturing and new R&D 
facilities in Dallas.  These actions will have a positive impact on cash 
flow in 1997 and will allow TI to flexibly add manufacturing capacity to 
meet future customer demand.











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Additional Financial Information

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                           Change in orders,         Change in net revenues,
Segment                     3Q96 vs. 3Q95                 3Q96 vs. 3Q95
- ------------               -----------------         -----------------------
<S>                        <C>                       <C>
Components                 down 30%                  down 25%
Defense Systems and 
  Electronics              down 4%                   up 4%
Digital Products           down 14%                  up 2%
Total                      down 24%                  down 17%

                           Change in orders,         Change in net revenues,
Segment                     YTD96 vs. YTD95              YTD96 vs. YTD95
- ------------               -----------------         ----------------------
<S>                        <C>                       <C>
Components                 down 29%                  down 14%
Defense Systems and
  Electronics              up 3%                     up 2%
Digital Products           down 1%                   up 9%
Total                      down 22%                  down 8%

</TABLE>

TI's orders for the third quarter of 1996 were $2560 million, compared with 
$3390 million in the same period of 1995.  Lower semiconductor orders, 
driven primarily by the sharp decline in DRAM prices, accounted for the 
majority of the decrease in the components segment.  Semiconductor orders 
were up from the second quarter 1996, reflecting higher memory orders and 
the SSi acquisition.  The decrease in defense electronics orders resulted 
primarily from reduced High-speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM) volume.  The 
decrease in digital products orders was due to the effect of the divestiture 
of the custom manufacturing services business in the first quarter of 1996.

TI's revenues for the third quarter of 1996 were $2841 million, compared 
with $3425 million in the third quarter of 1995.  The decrease in components 
segment revenues resulted primarily from lower semiconductor revenues, 
attributable to the drop in DRAM prices, and lower royalties.  

Operating profit for the third quarter of 1996 was $68 million, excluding 
the $192 million in-process R&D charge associated with the SSi acquisition, 
compared with a $437 million profit from operations in the year-ago period. 
Operating loss for the third quarter 1996 including the SSi charge was $124 










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million.  Components segment results were down significantly, primarily due 
to the precipitous drop in DRAM prices, the one-time, in-process R&D charge 
and lower royalties.  The digital segment was profitable, as the effect of 
royalties more than offset losses in mobile computing.

For the first nine months of 1996, TI's orders were $7970 million, down 22 
percent from the first nine months of 1995.  The decrease in components 
segment orders reflected the sharp decline in DRAM prices.  The slight 
increase in defense segment orders was due to volume increases in newer 
programs offsetting the decline in HARM volume.  In the digital segment, 
increased orders for notebook computers offset the order decline from the 
sale of TI's custom manufacturing services business.

Net revenues for the first nine months of 1996 were $8761 million, down 
eight percent from $9525 million in the first nine months of 1995.  The 
decrease in components segment revenues reflected lower semiconductor 
revenues, primarily from the sharp drop in DRAM prices and lower royalties. 
The increase in digital segment revenues was from notebook computers, which 
more than offset the effect of the divestiture of custom manufacturing 
services.

Excluding the SSi charge, TI's profit from operations for the first nine 
months of 1996 was $360 million, compared with $1185 million in the first 
nine months of 1995.  Essentially all the decrease was in semiconductors and 
royalties.  Profit from operations including the SSi charge was $168 
million.  The first nine months of 1995 included a profit sharing accrual of 
$242 million.  There is no year-to-date accrual for profit sharing in 1996.

Earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 1996, exclusive 
of the SSi charge, were $1.46, versus $4.13 for the year-ago period.  
Including the SSi charge, earnings per share for the same nine-month period 
were $0.48.

During the first three quarters of 1996, cash and cash equivalents plus 
short-term investments decreased by $869 million to $684 million.  Net cash 
provided by operating activities was negatively impacted by the pay-out of 
1995 profit sharing in the first quarter.  Investments in property, plant 
and equipment were $1696 million for the first three quarters, and the sale 
of TI's custom manufacturing business generated $132 million of cash in the 
first half of 1996.  In the third quarter, TI acquired SSi via a stock 
purchase agreement for $340 million in cash plus the assumption of a $235 
million long-term note to TDK Corp. of Japan.  The cash payment, initially 
financed by a draw down on TI's existing line of bank credit, was 
permanently financed through the company's issuance on July 26 of $400 
million of three- and four-year notes.

The outstanding balance of commercial paper was $150 million at the end of 
the third quarter, up from $72 million at the end of the second quarter and 
zero at the end of 1995.  Other financing activities included the first 
quarter issuance of $300 million of 6.125 percent notes due 2006; the 
balance increase of Italian lira mortgage notes of $102 million in the 
second quarter; and the August 28 redemption, at par, of $150 million of 
nine percent notes due 1999.  At September 30, 1996, the debt-to-total-
capital ratio was .31, up from .23 at second quarter's end, and .17 at year-
end 1995.





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Royalty revenues were $117 million lower in the third quarter of 1996 than 
in the year-ago period.  The decrease is primarily due to the previously 
reported expiration of patent licenses, principally the license with Samsung 
Electronics Co., Ltd., with which the company remains in litigation.  
Negotiations continue with other companies for renewal of expired licenses. 
However, these negotiations by their nature are not predictable as to 
outcome or timing. 

TI's backlog of unfilled orders as of September 30, 1996, was $3784 million, 
down $751 million from the end of last year's third quarter.  Backlog is 
down $744 million from year-end 1995, primarily because of decreases in 
semiconductors and defense systems and electronics, and down $141 million 
from the end of the second quarter of 1996, primarily because of lower 
backlog in defense electronics.

Excluding the SSi charge, TI-funded R&D expense was $274 million in the 
third quarter of 1996, compared with $221 million in the same period of 
1995.  For the first nine months of 1996, excluding the SSi charge, TI-
funded R&D was $791 million, compared with $648 million for the first nine 
months of 1995.  The increases were driven primarily by investments in 
semiconductors.  Including the charge, R&D expense for the three-month and 
nine-month periods was $466 million and $983 million.

Capital expenditures in the third quarter of this year were $534 million, 
compared with $392 million in the third quarter of 1995, and $1696 million 
for the first nine months of 1996, compared with $914 million in the first 
nine months of 1995.  Capital expenditures for 1996 are projected to be 
about $2.3 billion.

Depreciation in the third quarter of 1996 was $265 million, compared with 
$192 million in the third quarter of 1995, and $687 million for the first 
nine months of 1996, compared with $551 million in the same period of 1995.

Return on invested capital (ROIC) and return on common equity (ROCE) are 
measures TI uses to monitor progress in building shareholder value.  
Excluding the SSi charge, for the four quarters ending September 30, 1996, 
ROIC was 10.7 percent, and ROCE was 14.4 percent.  Including the one-time 
charge, ROIC for the same period was 7.1 percent, and ROCE was 9.6 percent. 
For the four quarters ending September 30, 1995, ROIC was 23.3 percent, and 
ROCE was 29.3 percent. 

Trademarks:  TImeline, TravelMate, Extensa and Performer are trademarks of 
Texas Instruments Incorporated.

















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                        PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  Legal Proceedings

As previously discussed in Item 3 of the Registrant's Annual Report 
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 (the "Form 10-K"), on 
January 1, 1996, the Registrant filed three lawsuits in Federal District 
Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Samsung Electronics 
Company, Ltd. (Samsung) of Korea and its two U.S. subsidiaries.  In each 
of these cases, the Registrant is seeking injunctive relief and damages 
due to Samsung's infringement of several of the Registrant's patents 
relating to the manufacture of semiconductor devices, including DRAMs.  
Also as previously discussed in the Form 10-K, on January 1, 1996, Samsung 
filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court for the Northern District of 
Texas seeking injunctive relief against the Registrant, alleging that the 
Registrant is infringing several of Samsung's patents, and seeking a 
declaratory judgment that certain of the Registrant's patents are either 
invalid, not infringed or unenforceable against Samsung, and that certain 
of the Registrant's intellectual property licensing practices are unfair. 
Since that date, Samsung has voluntarily dismissed this case and replead 
many of these claims as counter-claims against the Registrant in the 
pending cases filed by the Registrant in the Eastern District of Texas.  
Samsung has also alleged as a counter-claim in the Eastern District of 
Texas that the Registrant's intellectual property licensing practices 
violate federal anti-trust laws.

On September 13, 1996, Samsung filed a lawsuit against Registrant in the 
District Court for Angelina County, Texas.  Samsung alleges that although 
Registrant participated in developing certain industry standards, 
Registrant failed to disclose to the committees developing those standards 
issued patents and pending patent applications covering the standards.  
Samsung alleges further that Registrant's attempt to enforce those patents 
violates state anti-trust law and unfair competition law and constitutes a 
breach of Registrant's fiduciary duty and fraud.  Samsung is seeking an 
implied license to all of Registrant's patents and an unspecified amount 
of damages.  Samsung has also filed a motion for a temporary injunction, 
seeking to force Registrant to disclose all pending patent applications 
covering proposed standards prior to those standards being voted on by 
standards setting committees.  Samsung's temporary injunction motion also 
seeks to preclude Registrant from enforcing certain of Registrant's 
patents, which Samsung alleges cover the Semiconductor Equipment 
Manufacturers International Standard relating to communications between 
machines.

Other litigation between Samsung and the Registrant was discussed in 
Item 1 of the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.














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ITEM 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

          (a)  Exhibits

               Designation of
                 Exhibits in
                 this Report           Description of Exhibit
               --------------      -----------------------------
                    10             Texas Instruments Incorporated
                                   Top Officer and Board Member
                                   Retirement Practices.*

                    11             Computation of Primary and
                                   Fully Diluted Earnings per
                                   Common and Common Equivalent
                                   Share.

                    12             Computation of Ratio of
                                   Earnings to Fixed Charges and
                                   Ratio of Earnings to Combined
                                   Fixed Charges and Preferred
                                   Stock Dividends.

                    27             Financial Data Schedule

          (b)  Report on Form 8-K

               None.


* Executive compensation plans and arrangements:  Texas Instruments
  Incorporated Top Officer and Board Member Retirement Practices.


"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 
of 1995: 

With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed or 
incorporated by reference in this Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking 
statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited 
to, economic conditions, product demand and industry capacity, competitive 
products and pricing, manufacturing efficiencies, new product development, 
ability to enforce patents, availability of raw materials and critical 
manufacturing equipment, new plant startups, commercialization of new 
technologies, the regulatory and trade environment, and other risks 
indicated in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.












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                                 SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                          TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED



                                          BY:/s/ WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH
                                             _________________________
                                             William A. Aylesworth
                                             Senior Vice President,
                                             Treasurer and
                                             Chief Financial Officer


Date:  October 17, 1996










































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                                 Exhibit Index

Designation of                                              Paper (P)
 Exhibits in                                                   or
 this Report            Description of Exhibit            Electronic (E)
- ----------------        -----------------------           --------------
    10                  Texas Instruments Incorporated          E
                        Top Officer and Board Member
                        Retirement Practices.

    11                  Computation of Primary and              E
                        Fully Diluted Earnings per
                        Common and Common Equivalent
                        Share.

    12                  Computation of Ratio of                 E
                        Earnings to Fixed Charges and
                        Ratio of Earnings to Combined
                        Fixed Charges and Preferred
                        Stock Dividends.

    27                  Financial Data Schedule                 E


                                                                 EXHIBIT 10
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                                                            Adopted:  11-28-73
                                                            Revised:  09-19-96

                             STATEMENT OF POLICY
                           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

              TOP OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER RETIREMENT PRACTICES
              -------------------------------------------------

The need for an orderly succession of top TI officers is expressed in the 
Statement of Policy entitled "Assurance of Organizational Health".  As a 
stimulus to the desired succession, this Statement of Policy provides for 
optional early retirement of some officers and mandatory retirement of all 
officers and Board members in accordance with government age discrimination 
regulations. 

A.    POLICY 

      1.    Retirement of all TI officers for whom it is permitted by the Age 
            Discrimination in Employment Act is mandatory at age 65. 

      2.    A Board member will not be eligible to stand for reelection to the 
            Board after attaining age 70. 

      3.    The Board of Directors may make available to certain top officers 
            the option to retire at or any time after attaining age 58.  This 
            option is separate from and in addition to the early retirement 
            provisions in the TI Employees Pension Plan applicable to all 
            personnel.  Those eligible will include the Chairman of the Board, 
            the President, the Vice Chairmen, and other personnel specified by 
            the Board. In determining such eligibility, the Board will 
            ordinarily review all employees in job grades specified by the 
            Board.  However, a few individuals not in such job grades may also 
            be offered the early retirement option.  The Board may specify 
            minimum lengths of service as a condition of eligibility.  
            Officers other than the Chairman, the President and the Vice 
            Chairmen will be advised of their forthcoming eligibility at any 
            time after the Board has acted to make the option available to 
            them (usually after attaining age 53).  Individuals other than the 
            Chairman, the President and the Vice Chairmen to whom the option 
            may be offered will be recommended to the Board by the 
            Compensation Committee upon the suggestion from the Chairman and 
            President. 

            Anyone electing optional early retirement will enter into an 
            Early Retirement Agreement, which includes a non-compete clause, 
            and will receive Supplemental Early Retirement Compensation, 
            determined in accordance with Appendix A made a part of this 
            statement of policy.


                       - Retirement Practices... Page 1 -

      a.    Advising Officers of Early Retirement Options. It   will be the 
            responsibility of the Chairman to ensure that any individual 
            receiving an early retirement option from the Board is so advised 
            by the officer to whom the individual is responsible in written 
            form acceptable to the Secretary of the Company.

      b.    Compensation and Benefits for a Top Officer Exercising Early 
            Retirement.  In addition to the benefits to which a retiree is 
            entitled under current and future TI benefit programs, an officer 
            who exercises his or her option to retire early, at age 58 or some 
            older age, will receive compensation under an Early Retirement 
            Agreement which provides for supplemental early retirement 
            payments determined in accordance with Appendix A attached hereto. 

      c.    Early Retirement Agreement. An agreement which includes a non-
            compete clause will be entered into with each top officer when he 
            or she elects early retirement.  Such agreement will be 
            substantially in the form provided in Appendix B attached hereto, 
            with such changes as may be approved by the Chief Executive 
            Officer and counsel for TI, provided that, the Chairman of the 
            Board shall approve changes in, and shall execute, agreements with 
            Vice Chairmen.  Determinations of whether an activity is or is 
            reasonably expected to be competitive with TI and whether there 
            would be significant harm to TI from such competition shall be 
            made by the Chief Executive Officer of TI or his designee after 
            consulting with counsel for the Company.  It will be the 
            responsibility of the Secretary of the Company to make periodic 
            appropriate inquiries and advise the Board that the non-compete 
            clause is not violated. 

      d.    Initiation of Optional Early Retirement. An individual who elects 
            optional early retirement will be responsible for advising in 
            written form, acceptable to the Secretary of the Company, the 
            officer to whom he or she reports of his or her intended date of 
            early retirement.  Such advice should precede the date of 
            retirement to accomplish sufficiently an orderly succession. 
























                      - Retirement Practices...Page 2 -
                              STATEMENT OF POLICY
                            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

                                  APPENDIX A
               TOP OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER RETIREMENT PRACTICES
               -------------------------------------------------

                    SUPPLEMENTAL EARLY RETIREMENT PAYMENTS
                    --------------------------------------

Those employees who are designated by the Board for entitlement to 
supplemental early retirement payments are entitled to the following upon 
retirement in accordance with the Top Officer and Board Member Retirement 
Practices statement of policy:  

      1.    Retirement income from TI Employees Pension Trust calculated in 
            full compliance with the provisions of the TI Employees Pension 
            Plan in effect at the time of retirement. 

      2.    Retiree medical insurance for the retirees and their eligible 
            dependents as described in the TI Retiree Medical Insurance 
            Certificate in effect at the time of retirement. 

      3.    Benefits under any other programs to which they may become 
            entitled in the future as retirees. 

      4.    Supplemental early retirement payments as described below.

Determination of Supplemental Early Retirement Payments
- -------------------------------------------------------

      Calculation of this payment results from the following:

             Normal retirement annual benefit at age 65, as defined below
                                  times
             Reduction percentage appropriate to attained age at early
             retirement from reduction percentage table below
                                  minus
             Early retirement annual benefit from the TI Employees Pension
             Trust, as defined below
                                  equals
             Annual supplemental early retirement payment for life.

Normal retirement annual benefit at age 65 is the benefit which would have 
been payable to an individual retiring at age 65 and electing the option of 
annual payment for life from the TI Employees Pension Trust, assuming the top 
officer would have continued to work to age 65 at a rate of compensation equal 
to the average annual eligible earnings during his or her last three years 
before retiring.









                 - Retirement Practices-Appendix A...Page 1 -

Reduction percentage appropriate to attained age at early retirement is:

                                     Percentage Appropriate
                     Age                to Attained Age
                      58                              89.5%
                      59                              91.0
                      60                              92.5
                      61                              94.0
                      62                              95.5
                      63                              97.0
                      64                              98.5
                      65                             100.0

Early retirement annual benefit from TI Employees Pension Trust is the annual 
retirement benefit for an individual electing the option of single life 
annuity annual payments for life from the TI Employees Pension Trust payable 
at the individual's early retirement date. 

Although the annual supplemental early retirement payment from the calculation 
above represents the annual payment payable for life, the employee may, at his 
or her option, choose to have the benefit paid through age 68.  This adjusted 
amount is calculated as follows: 

      (1)   Convert the annual payment if paid for life to a present value 
            lump sum amount using the same lump sum conversion provision that 
            is used for converting an annual pension payment for life to a 
            lump sum payment for the TIer under the TI Pension Plan in effect 
            at the time of retirement. 

      (2)   Convert the lump sum amount from (1) above to annual payment under 
            early retirement agreement by multiplying the lump sum amount by 
            the following factor: 

                             N
                    I (1 + I)
                   ------------
                           N-1
                    (1 + I)
      Where

     I =  The annual interest rate used in the lump sum
          conversion table described in (1) above. 

     N =  One-twelfth of the number of whole calendar
          months which will expire between the date of
          the individual's retirement and the TIer's 69th
          birthday (N may be an improper fraction).

The payments, whether paid for life or through age 68, are converted to monthly
payments by dividing the annual payment by 12.

If a retiree elects payments through age 68 and should die before attaining age
69, such payments shall be made to his or her heirs, legatees, distributees, 
or personal representatives as if retiree were still living.

If a retiree elects payments for life, he or she may elect a 50% joint and 
survivors payment which will be computed by use of the factors in use for 
computation of the joint and survivor annuity normal form of benefit payable 
under the TI Employees Pension Plan at the TIer's early retirement date.

                 - Retirement Practices-Appendix A...Page 2 -

                              STATEMENT OF POLICY
                            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

                                  APPENDIX B
               TOP OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER RETIREMENT PRACTICES
               -------------------------------------------------


Those employees who have been offered and elected optional early retirement 
under the Top Officer and Board Member Retirement Practices statement of 
policy will enter into an early retirement agreement, a sample of which is as 
follows: 

                          EARLY RETIREMENT AGREEMENT

This Agreement, made this      day of             , 19  , by Texas Instruments 
Incorporated (hereinafter "TI") and                           (hereinafter 
"Retiree") witnesseth: 

                                   Recitals
                                   --------

      A.    Retiree has been employed by TI for approximately       years and 
has acquired sensitive information concerning TI's business and financial 
policies, practices and plans;

      B.    Retiree is eligible for early retirement pursuant to the terms of 
TI's pension plan and expects to take early retirement on                    , 
19  , at which time Retiree will be entitled to retirement benefits including 
profit sharing and pension benefits; 

      C.    TI desires Retiree to refrain from competition with TI after 
retirement; 

      D.    Retiree is willing to refrain from competition with TI in 
accordance with the terms hereof.  

                                  Covenants
                                  ---------

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants 
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

      1.    From the date hereof through      *       Retiree shall not, 
without the prior approval of TI, (i) as partner, director, officer, employee 
or consultant, engage in any activity which is or is reasonably expected to be 
competitive to TI; (ii) have an ownership interest in any such competing or 
potentially competing business whose stock is not publicly traded; or 
(iii) own more than five percent of the outstanding stock in any such 
competing or potentially competing business whose stock is publicly traded.  
It is the intent of the Retiree and TI to limit the instances in which this 
paragraph will prohibit Retiree from participating in economic activities 
which might be in competition with TI to those activities which would cause 
significant harm to TI.


*  Date immediately prior to date of 69th birthday.

                 - Retirement Practices - Appendix B...Page 1 -

      2.    TI shall pay to Retiree            monthly payments of $           
each beginning on                , 19    , and ending with a final payment on 
                , 19    .  This is in addition to any benefits payable under 
TI's Pension Plan or other benefit plan.  If Retiree should die prior to 
attaining age 69, payment shall be made to Retiree's heirs, legatees, 
distributees, or personal representatives as if Retiree were still living.

      3.    Retiree and TI agree that if Retiree, during retirement, engages 
in any business activity which competes substantially with the business of TI, 
the Retiree shall forfeit all rights to any future payments he or she would 
have received under this agreement.  The TI Board of Directors will in its 
sole and absolute discretion determine at any time what business activities 
compete substantially with the business of TI and also may waive the 
provisions of this paragraph. 

      4.    Retiree shall not be an employee of TI hereunder.  Retiree shall 
upon request of TI, unless prevented by valid reasons such as health, act as a 
consultant to TI as an independent contractor for such periods of time (not 
exceeding the equivalent of         days per year) as TI shall request, at 
such rates of compensation as TI and Retiree shall mutually agree upon. 

      5.    Retiree shall keep confidential, shall not use for his or her own 
benefit and shall not disclose to others any nonpublic TI information learned 
by Retiree in the course of his or her activities as a former employee of TI. 

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed these presents on 
the date set forth above. 

                                            TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED



                                            By_____________________________
Retiree

























                 - Retirement Practices- Appendix B...Page 2 -


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                                                                                                   EXHIBIT 11
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                          TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
             PRIMARY AND FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT SHARE
                             (In thousands, except per-share amounts.)


                                                              For Three Months Ended    For Nine Months Ended
                                                              ----------------------    ---------------------
                                                                Sept 30     Sept 30      Sept 30     Sept 30 
                                                                  1996        1995         1996        1995  
                                                                -------     -------      -------     ------- 
<S>                                                           <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
Net income (loss)............................................ $(147,574)   $288,661     $ 91,258    $796,884 
  Add:
    Interest, net of tax and profit sharing effect, on
      convertible debentures assumed converted...............        --         416           --       1,233 
                                                                 ------     -------      -------     ------- 
Adjusted net income (loss)................................... $(147,574)   $289,077     $ 91,258    $798,117 
                                                                =======     =======      =======     ======= 


Earnings (loss) per Common and Common Equivalent Share:
Weighted average common shares outstanding...................   189,723     188,300      189,565     187,070 
  Weighted average common equivalent shares:
    Stock option and compensation plans......................        --       3,804        2,280       3,273 
    Convertible debentures...................................        --       2,975           --       2,980 
                                                                -------     -------      -------     ------- 
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares.........   189,723     195,079      191,845     193,323 
                                                                =======     =======      =======     ======= 


Earnings (loss) per Common and Common Equivalent Share.......  $  (0.78)   $   1.48     $   0.48    $   4.13 


Earnings (loss) per Common Share Assuming Full Dilution:
Weighted average common shares outstanding...................   189,723     188,300      189,565     187,070 
  Weighted average common equivalent shares:
    Stock option and compensation plans......................        --       4,014        2,662       4,283 
    Convertible debentures...................................        --       2,975           --       2,980 
                                                                -------     -------      -------     ------- 
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares.........   189,723     195,289      192,227     194,333 
                                                                =======     =======      =======     ======= 

Earnings (loss) per Common Share Assuming Full Dilution......  $  (0.78)   $   1.48     $   0.47    $   4.11 

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                                                                                       EXHIBIT 12
                                                                                       ----------


                          TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES                        
                  COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND RATIO OF                 
                 EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS                
                                       (Dollars in millions)                                     


                                                                                  For Nine Months 
                                                                                   Ended Sept 30  
                                                                                   -------------- 
                                             1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1995    1996 
                                            -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   ----- 
<S>                                        <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
Income (loss) before income taxes                                                                 
  and fixed charges:                                                                              
    Income (loss) before cumulative                                                               
      effect of accounting changes,                                                               
      interest expense on loans,                                                                  
      capitalized interest amortized,                                                             
      and provision for income taxes.......$ (250) $  433  $  755  $1,098  $1,679  $1,236  $  258 
    Add interest attributable to                                                                  
      rental and lease expense.............    43      42      38      40      41      31      34 
                                            -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   ----- 
                                           $ (207) $  475  $  793  $1,138  $1,720  $1,267  $  292 
                                            =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   ===== 

Fixed charges:
  Total interest on loans (expensed
    and capitalized).......................$   59  $   57  $   55  $   58  $   69  $   53  $   75 
  Interest attributable to rental
    and lease expense......................    43      42      38      40      41      31      34 
                                            -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   ----- 
Fixed charges..............................$  102  $   99  $   93  $   98  $  110  $   84  $  109 
                                            =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   ===== 

Combined fixed charges and
  preferred stock dividends:
    Fixed charges..........................$  102  $   99  $   93  $   98  $  110  $   84  $  109 
    Preferred stock dividends
     (adjusted as appropriate to a
      pretax equivalent basis).............    34      55      29      --      --      --      -- 
                                            -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   ----- 
    Combined fixed charges and
      preferred stock dividends............$  136  $  154  $  122  $   98  $  110  $   84  $  109 
                                            =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   ===== 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.........     *     4.8     8.5    11.6    15.6    15.1     2.7 
                                            =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   ===== 

Ratio of earnings to combined
  fixed charges and preferred
  stock dividends..........................    **     3.1     6.5    11.6    15.6    15.1     2.7 
                                            =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   =====   ===== 
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  * Not meaningful.  The coverage deficiency was $309 million in 1991.

 ** Not meaningful.  The coverage deficiency was $343 million in 1991.

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<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from THE 
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND 
SUBSIDIARIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, AND FOR THE NINE MONTHS THEN ENDED, 
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000 
       
<S>                                              <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                    9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                            DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-END>                                                 SEP-30-1996
<CASH>                                                               676
<SECURITIES>                                                           8
<RECEIVABLES>                                                      2,174
<ALLOWANCES>                                                          62
<INVENTORY>                                                        1,003
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                                   4,392
<PP&E>                                                             7,214
<DEPRECIATION>                                                     2,872
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                                     9,557
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                              2,537
<BONDS>                                                            1,677
                                                  0
                                                            0
<COMMON>                                                             190
<OTHER-SE>                                                         3,925
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                                       9,557
<SALES>                                                            8,761
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                                   8,761
<CGS>                                                              6,322
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                                      6,322
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                                     983
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                                       0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                                    48
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                                      199
<INCOME-TAX>                                                         108
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                                   91
<DISCONTINUED>                                                         0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                        0
<CHANGES>                                                              0
<NET-INCOME>                                                          91
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                                        .48
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