Feb 4 : Texas Instruments on Wednesday agreed to buy Silicon Laboratories in a deal valuing the chip designer at $7.5 billion, to expand its footprint in wireless connectivity chips used for industrial and consumer applications.For Texas Instruments, whose core strength lies in analog chips that manage signal

Feb 4 : Texas Instruments on Wednesday agreed to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories in a deal valued at $7.5 billion, expanding its footprint in wireless connectivity chips used for industrial and consumer applications.Texas, whose core strength lies in analog chips that manage signals and power in electr