Texas Instrumentsreason 04 of 4it owns a thing that cannot be built or permitted twicederived 2026-08-21accession 0000097476-26-000152
TI's geographically diversified, U.S.-heavy manufacturing footprint positions it to capture reshoring demand and subsidy flows that fabless competitors cannot access; CHIPS Act cash and tax credits effectively lower TI's cost of capacity additions, widening the gap versus rivals dependent on Asian foundries
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“TI states it owns and operates wafer fabrication and assembly/test facilities in North America, Asia, Japan and Europe”
“The filing describes providing customers with 'geopolitically dependable capacity'”
“TI expects to receive up to $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act direct funding for three large-scale 300mm fabs in Sherman, Texas, and Lehi, Utah, of which $630 million has been received”
“First-half 2026 CHIPS Act incentives provided cash proceeds of $1.10 billion compared with $260 million in the year-ago period”
“TI states 'We expect to continue benefiting from the CHIPS Act,' including a 35% investment tax credit on qualifying manufacturing investments”
what it was checked against
owned manufacturing advantage
“The strategic decision to own our manufacturing, process and packaging technology provides us with tangible benefits of lower manufacturing costs and greater control of our supply chain and provides our customers with geopolitically dependable capacity.”
geographic footprint diversity
“We own and operate both wafer fabrication and assembly/test facilities in North America, Asia, Japan and Europe.”
300mm cost advantage
“We have focused on creating a competitive structural cost advantage by investing in our 300mm wafer production, which describes the diameter of the wafer on which our chips are produced, and costs about 40% less than a chip built on a 200mm wafer.”