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To: Jenna who wrote (89660)	3/22/2000 1:00:00 PM
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How can you not own TXN and MSFT for your future?.....Texas Instruments, Microsoft to Make Windows Software Work on Cell Phones By Loren Steffy Texas Instruments, Microsoft to Put Windows on Cell Phones Dallas, March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Texas Instruments Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said they will adapt the world's largest software maker's Windows operating system for cell phones and other devices that use Texas Instruments semiconductors. Texas Instruments is the biggest maker of digital-signal processors, or DSPs, which instantly translate sound, light and other signals into computer language. The Dallas-based company's DSPs are used in two-thirds of the world's cell phones, as well as devices such as digital cameras and portable audio players. Teaming with Microsoft means Texas Instruments will be able to run the Windows CE operating system on those portable devices. The accord builds on two new DSP designs Texas Instruments unveiled last month that are aimed at the growing demand for cell phones and other portable devices that can link to the Internet. The agreement also enables the 5 million programmers worldwide who use Windows to design products for DSPs, said Scott Horn, Microsoft's group program manager for Windows CE. ``Collaborating with TI is going to make it much easier for them,' he said. Windows CE, a slimmed-down version of Microsoft's software for personal computers, already is used for some portable computers, such as Compaq Computer Corp.'s Aero handheld device. Texas Instruments and Microsoft declined to comment on how the agreement will affect sales. Forward Concepts Co., a market researcher in Tempe, Arizona, estimates the $4.4 billion market for DSPs will grow to $13 billion by 2003. Texas Instruments shares fell 7/8 to 170 3/8 in late morning trading. The stock has risen 76 percent this year, making it one of the best performers on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Microsoft rose 1 1/4 to 104, and has fallen 11 percent in 2000.