[_Jim]

Ideas are worthless without execution.

I think that this is a nice side-step of the issue overall; Texas Instruments is going to 'sit' on a development after spending millions on a new semiconductor fabrication technology or transistor design - a) money (investor/stockholder monies) isn't well-spent (obviously) doing that and b) that wouldn't be the intent nor goal at the outset of the development project either ...

[Pukin Dog]

Texas Instruments is going to 'sit' on a development until one of their smart people goes somewhere else and helps another company succeed by taking risks that TI was unable or unwilling to take.

This is a very old and repeated scenario.