TI'S NEWEST VOIP GATEWAY SOLUTIONS OFFER INCREASED PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR VIDEO CAPABILITIES

DALLAS (May 13, 2008) -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE:TXN]
today announced the newest members of its Voice over IP (VoIP) gateway
silicon and software solutions that will enable equipment manufacturers
to achieve higher channel densities with improved voice quality. TI's
newest gateway solutions are powered by its TMS320C64x+^TM digital signal processor (DSP) that significantly increases performance
for VoIP and video encode, decode and transcode applications. The
flexible architecture of TI's new solutions allows equipment
manufacturers to transition to a common hardware and software
architecture that scales from eight to several hundreds of channels
while supporting advanced voice and video features. For more
information, go to: www.ti.com/voip.

The
TNETV2664, TNETV2666, TNETV2686 and TNETV2689 are the newest additions
to TI's field-proven medium density VoIP gateway product family. These
solutions support an Ethernet interface and full IP encapsulation that
allows the DSPs to put voice media directly on the network. This
integration enables manufacturers to choose a smaller, more
cost-effective host processor thereby simplifying their hardware design
and reducing overall bill of material (BOM) costs. TI's gateway
solutions include pin compatible options with different channel
densities, which gives equipment manufacturers the ability to design a
common hardware architecture that can scale across a range of product
configurations and applications.

"The
power and performance of TI's C64x DSP enables our newest family of
enterprise gateway solutions to deliver improved voice transmission and
high quality video," said Fred Zimmerman, director of CPE solutions for
TI's voice solutions business unit. "We are listening to our enterprise
and service provider customers' needs and equipping them with the most
sophisticated voice gateway solutions that will allow them to expand
their application offerings and meet the growing demands of service
providers."

As
the first of TI's medium density gateway solutions to operate on the
C64x+ DSP core, manufacturers will now be able to integrate video
capabilities to their products and still support voice and fax
communications between TDM and packet telephony networks. The improved
processing power enabled by the C64x+ architecture combined with
increased on-chip memory significantly improves voice gateway
performance while enabling higher channel densities.

The
number of enterprise VoIP deployments continues to increase globally as
businesses increasingly invest in IP-based systems, demanding more
cost-effective telecommunications services that can transmit
high-quality voice and video data, as well as advanced voice
applications. According to Infonetics Research, the enterprise
telephony market rose to $9.6 billion for 2007, up six percent over
2006, with hybrid IP-PBX systems accounting for two thirds of all lines
shipped last year.

"End
users are clearly sold on the idea of VoIP, with sales of enterprise
VoIP systems far outpacing those of legacy systems," said Matthias
Machowinski, Infonetics Research, directing analyst, Enterprise Voice
& Data. "But to stay ahead and meet the next wave of customer
demand, manufacturers will need to continue enhancing their products.
TI's latest gateway solution is a great example of a system that has
many of the features necessary to allow OEMs to strengthen their
offerings, such as echo cancellation, conference bridging, and video
transcoding, while at the same time keeping development costs in
check."

With
over 750 million VoIP ports shipped to date, TI supplies the industry's
widest portfolio of voice silicon and software products deployed
worldwide, including solutions for IP phones, enterprise VoIP gateways
and carrier class equipment.