March 12, 2003 - Texas Instruments Names EBV Elektronik European Distributor of the Year 2002

"EBV again proved to be more than just a channel partner. With their design-in orientation and profound understanding of our market, they were especially successful in working with customers in the high-performance analog business to help them select the right products for their applications," said Paul Scholten, TI's Director of European Distribution & HVA&L. "We are looking forward to building on this relationship and expanding our business in the years to come."

Each year TI selects a European distributor that has consistently excelled in creating demand for its extensive product portfolio. For its part, TI continually strives to provide its partners with best-in-class services, such as extremely low cycle times for high-quality quotes, excellent on-time delivery, consistent responsiveness to requests and a premium technical support. Regular trainings of the field application team and special campaigns also play an important role in TI's European distribution strategy.

"Being recognized by one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers for two consecutive years is truly an honour. It also rewards our investments in better supporting our customers for designing and sourcing analog products," said Patrick Zammit, President of EBV Elektronik. "TI's enormous R&D investment guarantees a regular stream of state-of-the-art products which continually create new opportunities for us and our customers."

TI presented the award to EBV's President on February 10, 2003, at a ceremony held at EBV's headquarters in Poing, Germany.

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About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com

About EBV Elektronik

EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company, was founded in 1969 and is a leading pan-European semiconductor specialist, firmly positioned as one of Europe's top two semiconductor distributors. EBV has maintained its successful strategy of personal commitment to customers, excellent services, and, finally, a strong focus on a limited number of long-term semiconductor partners. Extensive application support and design know-how is offered through more than 90 field application specialists. The technical services are fulfilled by Avnet Logistics, which provides warehouse operations, value-added services and product modification services to EBV's customers. EBV operates from 50 offices in 23 countries throughout Europe as well as Israel and South Africa. Information about EBV Elektronik is available on the World Wide Web under www.ebv.com