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TI and MEMSIC Sign Automotive Marketing Agreement

October 04, 2004 by Jeff Shepard

MEMSIC Inc., a supplier of CMOS-based micro electric mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers/sensors, has entered into a cooperative marketing and sales agreement with the Sensors and Controls Business of Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX). Under the agreement, MEMSIC's thermal sensor technology will be made available to the wider automotive market through TI.

Texas Instruments will work together with MEMSIC to develop new automotive-specific products to be fabricated by MEMSIC exclusively for TI. MEMSIC will also supply product to TI from its new 45,000 ft² TS16949-certified facility located in Wuxi, China, which has a current manufacturing capacity of three million units per month.