Texas Instruments (TI) is the world's leading supplier of digital signal processing and analog technology semiconductors and a semiconductor engine that is driving the Internet era. As a leader in real-time technology, TI is rapidly evolving. In large markets such as wireless and broadband access and emerging markets such as digital cameras and digital audio, TI continues to advance the Internet era with superior semiconductor solutions. On April 5, 2011, Texas Instruments (TI) and National Semiconductor (NS) announced a merger agreement, TI acquired National Semiconductor for $25/share and a total cash price of approximately $6.5 billion.