agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agoMy generation was probably the last one to get told "You won't have a calculator in your pocket all the time" by our math teachers.message-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMy generation was probably the last one to get told "You won't have a calculator in your pocket all the time" by our math teachers.agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarePratai@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoIs Texas Instruments even a company still?
minus-squareObituarykidney@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoYep and they make a lot more than calculators, as I found out the other day. Was recently looking up desktop DACs (basically audio processors and amps for your PC) and a bunch of them had Texas instruments chips in them, to my surprise.
minus-squarekestrel7_7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThey’re huge, but the calculators are the only thing they sell to consumers. Mostly they make wholesale components for other companies IIRC
Is Texas Instruments even a company still?
Yep and they make a lot more than calculators, as I found out the other day. Was recently looking up desktop DACs (basically audio processors and amps for your PC) and a bunch of them had Texas instruments chips in them, to my surprise.
They’re huge, but the calculators are the only thing they sell to consumers. Mostly they make wholesale components for other companies IIRC