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Texas Instruments is expanding its in-house semiconductor manufacturing footprint across Japan, Malaysia, the US, Germany and China to boost supply of “foundational” chips used in AI infrastructure, a senior executive told Nikkei Asia. The company is investing in GaN and mature-node chip production and targeting over 95% in-house chip manufacturing and 90% packaging and testing capacity by 2030. TI said its strongest growth is coming from data centers and industrial recovery, with data center revenue up 90% year-on-year in Q1, while industrial business grew 30%. TI is also investing over $60 billion in US fabs and expanding capacity in Japan and Malaysia to improve supply-chain resilience and support AI-driven demand.