A consortium of investment firms was near a deal late Sunday night to acquire Freescale Semiconductor, a former unit of Motorola, for more than USD 16 billion, according to people briefed on the negotiations. The deal, if completed, would be the largest leveraged buyout ever in the technology sector, surpassing the USD 11.3 billion sale of SunGard Data Systems last year.
Hehe…Freescale get’s it first album?
proof apple wasnt their primary source of income with the G4
Nobody sane thought they were.
“Freescale, which was spun out of Motorola in 2004, is now the world’s 10th-largest chip maker with some $5.8 billion in revenues last year.”
I thought they were top 5 material! Behind who could they be then?
Intel, AMD, Nvidia, VIA, IBM…but are they behind Broadcom, Atmel, Cirrus Logic etc. as well? Which companies am I missing here?
Samsung and other memory chip manufacturers probably.
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Purina
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