Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) today announced that TI"s proposed acquisition of National has cleared all required regulatory reviews, moving the companies closer to the transaction close.

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) will showcase its PMBus system power management and PCI Express® Gen-1/2/3 signal conditioning repeater integrated circuits (ICs) at the Intel Developer Forum at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco from Sept. 13 - 15, 2011.

August 15, 2011 – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced a 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) featuring a single-wire interface and 4-to-20 mA current loop drive that simplifies the design of smart transmitters used in industrial two-wire sensor systems. The highly integrated DAC161P997 reduces component count and cost in factory and building automation control systems by enabling the use of a single isolation component to cross the isolation boundary. For sensing and detecting applications where galvanic isolation is not required, National"s DAC161P997 interfaces directly to a microcontroller.

August 10, 2011 – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced a pair of quad- and dual-channel, digital variable gain amplifiers (DVGA) that enable higher-performance wideband radio systems. The LMH6522 quad and LMH6521 dual DVGAs provide superior linearity performance over a wide frequency range, making them an ideal solution for the most challenging multi-channel wideband wireless systems. Target applications include intermediate frequency (IF) sampling receivers, I/Q digital pre-distortion (DPD) signal paths and wide-bandwidth direct-conversion radios used in multi-carrier GSM, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA and LTE wireless basestations.

August 1, 2011 – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced seven new 24-bit and 16-bit multi-channel, sensor analog front-ends (AFE) that offer system designers a greater range of choices from high-performance to low-cost options that span channel configurations, current sources, and resolution. National"s LMP900xx sensor AFE integrated circuits (ICs) provide an easy to configure signal path solution for interfacing sensors to microcontrollers. They are targeted at precision sensing systems used to monitor and control temperature, pressure, load, force, motion/position and voltage in industrial, medical, and test and measurement applications.

July 27, 2011 –The 2012 Audi new car models will be the first following National Semiconductor Corp."s (NYSE:NSM) arrangement with Audi AG to provide analog integrated circuits (ICs) and subsystems for Modular Infotainment Device technology for Audi"s next-generation vehicles. National"s technology enables vivid graphics and content-protected high-definition (HD) video to be distributed throughout the vehicle, creating a movie theater-like experience for passengers.

July 11, 2011 – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced a family of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that are the industry"s first to directly sample RF signals beyond 2.7 GHz, with third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) up to -71 dBc and sampling at up to 3.6 Giga-samples per second (GSPS). Watch a demonstration video at http://www.national.com/rfadc.

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced two new high-voltage system power management and protection integrated circuits (ICs) with on-chip power management bus (PMBus) support. The 48V input voltage LM5066 and -48V input voltage LM5064 integrate high-performance system protection and management blocks that precisely measure, control and manage the electrical operating conditions in systems such as routers, switches and base stations. The LM5066 and LM5064 enable comprehensive system power management for improving system reliability and reducing power consumption in wired and wireless telecom infrastructure systems that operate from high-voltage system backplanes. Watch a product overview at http://bit.ly/LM5066-64Video.

National Semiconductor Stockholders Approve Acquisition by Texas Instruments

National Remembers Legendary Analog Expert Bob Pease

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) will showcase its industry-leading PCI Express® (PCIe) Gen-3 repeaters and will discuss techniques for extending the PCIe 1.0/2.0/3.0 link reach at the PCI-SIG Developers Conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara from June 22-23, 2011.

$350K grant from National Semiconductor Foundation bolsters biology program in East SJ Schools; Silicon Valley Education Foundatin, National Semiconductor work to boost 9th grade science skills

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced the industry"s first 100V half-bridge gate driver optimized for use with enhancement-mode Gallium-Nitride (GaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) in high-voltage power converters. National"s new LM5113 is a highly-integrated, high-side and low-side GaN FET driver that reduces component count by 75 percent and shrinks printed circuit board (PCB) area by up to 85 percent compared to discrete driver designs.

Greene Scholars Program Engages Youth in Science and Engineering; National Semiconductor Welcomes 25 Students to Summer Science Institute June 20-24, 2011

June 9, 2011 – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today reported sales of $374.1 million and net income of $67.1 million, or 26 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended May 29, 2011.

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced the industry"s first 2A red, green and blue (RGB) LED driver for portable projectors that drives three common anode RGB high-brightness LEDs sequentially with a single inductor. The highly-integrated LM3435 includes an I2C control interface for LED current control.

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced the SolarMagic™ arc detection reference design, comprised of analog front end integrated circuits (ICs) and multi-band dynamic filtering firmware, the first commercially available chipset to detect hazardous DC arc faults in photovoltaic (PV) systems.

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced the LM3466, a highly integrated linear LED driver that simplifies the design of high power, wide area lighting fixtures such as streetlights. The LM3466, with just a few passive components, provides a complete system that drives each LED string from any off-the-shelf AC/DC constant-current power supply.