DALLAS (AP) _ Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $1.95 billion.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of $2.07.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.06 per share.

The chipmaker posted revenue of $4.64 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.69 billion.

For the current quarter ending in December, Texas Instruments said it expects revenue in the range of $4.22 billion to $4.58 billion. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $4.45 billion.

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