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TI announces $25M college research fund focused on DSP research

With a $25 million investment, Texas Instruments will further support applications for high-performance digital signal processors (DSPs) at universities around the world.

Creating the DSP University Research Fund is the latest in a series of actions the company has taken to strengthen its lead in digital signal processing solutions. This move complements TI's recent establishment of a $100 million venture capital fund and the opening of the Kilby Center, a major new research facility. (See accompanying articles.)

"DSPs represent the single most exciting frontier for researchers in industry and academia today," said John Scarisbrick, senior vice president of TI's Semiconductor Group and manager of worldwide applications-specific products, who announced the news in early October at a media briefing in New York hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE).

"This collaboration will involve hundreds of researchers in top universities worldwide who are conducting research for high-performance DSPs," he said. "It will accelerate the development of DSP technologies and create the next wave of DSP-based applications."

DSPs are the key technology behind the digitization of electronic end equipment such as cellular phones, modems and hard drives. They are the engines that make these products work faster and better, although most consumers do not realize it.

New uses for DSPs, such as digital TV, are being developed at a rapid pace by designers in industry and university research labs around the world.

This new investment in DSP research represents a significant next step in TI's overall focus on DSPs. With this fund, the company has invested more than $50 million during the past 15 years in DSP university education and research. TI has partnered with universities and research centers around the world, focusing on areas such as wireless communications, high-speed networks and smart motor control. More than 900 universities worldwide are training the next generation of designers on TI DSPs.