Texas Instruments Starts 2001 with Product Awards and Internet Audio Design-Wins, Including Thomson Multimedia, Digisette, RFI and Sanyo DALLAS (March 27, 2001) -- As the first quarter of 2001 comes to a close, the Internet Audio organization at Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) adds three industry accolades for its DSP technology from the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), MicroDesign Resources and EDN Magazine, as well as four new design-wins from consumer electronics manufacturers Sanyo, Thomson Multimedia, Digisette and Richfield Innovation Pte Ltd. (RFI). TI's award-winning DSP technology has become the overwhelming choice for Internet Audio players and can be found in products from eight of the ten largest consumer electronics manufacturers. (See http://www.ti.com/sc/internetaudio for more details.)