May 31, 2019

Rafael R. Lizardi
Chief Financial Officer
Texas Instruments Incorporated
12500 TI Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75243

       Re: Texas Instruments Incorporated
           Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018
           Filed February 22, 2019
           File No. 001-03761

Dear Mr. Lizardi:

       We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comment. In some of our comments, we may ask
you to
provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this comment within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe our
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to this comment, we may have additional
comments.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018

Note 5. Income taxes, page 40

1.    We note that in your U.S. statutory to effective income tax rate
reconciliation you present
      a caption showing a 4.2% increase as result of U.S. Tax Act transitional
non-cash
      expense. Please describe to us the transactions or circumstances that
resulted in this
      reconciling item. Tell us whether this item relates to the withholding
taxes in certain non-
      U.S. jurisdictions that will be incurred upon repatriation of available
cash to the United
      States discussed on page 41. Revise future filings to provide similar
clarifying disclosure.
 Rafael R. Lizardi
FirstName LastNameRafael R. Lizardi
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Comapany NameTexas Instruments Incorporated
May 31, 2019
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       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

        You may contact Gary Newberry at (202) 551-3761 or Kevin Kuhar,
Accounting Branch
Chief, at (202) 551-3662 with any questions.



                                                          Sincerely,

                                                          Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                          Office of Electronics
and Machinery