Article: Texas Instruments wins order

Texas Instruments Inc, the world's biggest maker of mobile-phone chips, won its first order from Samsung Electronics Co for a processor to run digital cameras in handsets after a two-year effort to get the business.

Samsung is using Texas Instruments' OMAP processors to run software programs in four mobile-phone models, Texas Instruments sales manager Fred Cohen said on Tuesday. He said he expects more Samsung phones with OMAP chips to be released later in 2005.

"It's a breakthrough," Cohen said. "It's a high priority for us and goes all the way up to the board and the CEO."

Texas Instruments Chief Executive Officer Rich Templeton led the effort to win more business from Samsung, which has ...

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