We recently launched our Verified Manufacturer Program and today I'm thrilled to announce that Texas Instruments has joined up and is now sending us their complete data feed.

Given Texas Instruments' role as a leading semiconductor manufacturer, the data we receive from them should go far to help you find the part you need. For example if you're looking to browse the part family of TMS320C6412, or an RS-232 interface IC with 4 drivers, our parametric search will surface matching parts without a problem.

We're also launching a few new features available to Verified Manufacturers today. You'll find orange links for ordering free samples and evaluation kits right on part detail pages. If you need an eval kit for an OMAP3530DCBB, look no further:

If you're a component manufacturer and you're interested in listing your part data, please email me at sam@octopart.com