Freescale Reveals NXP Mega Merger Details
Junko Yoshida, EETimes
4/24/2015 10:50 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. — In announcing yet another quarter of solid growth in product revenues and market shares in a Thursday (April 23) earnings call, Freescale Semiconductor CEO Gregg Lowe spoke confidently about the company’s upcoming merger with NXP Semiconductors.
The Dutch giant — with more than 27,800 employees in over 20 countries — is scheduled to complete the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Freescale — 17,000 employees — before the end of this year.
For any company, this sort of mega-merger is no cakewalk. However, the two companies have been moving fast since the acquisition was announced only seven weeks ago.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- USB 20Gbps Device Controller
- AGILEX 7 R-Tile Gen5 NVMe Host IP
- 100G PAM4 Serdes PHY - 14nm
- Bluetooth Low Energy Subsystem IP
- Multi-core capable 64-bit RISC-V CPU with vector extensions
Related News
- NXP and Freescale Announce $40 Billion Merger
- NXP + Freescale Merger Set To Create Leading Vendor of Automotive Semiconductors in 2015; Renesas Was The Largest Vendor in 2014
- NXP Announces Final Regulatory Approval and Closing Date for Merger with Freescale
- NXP and Freescale Announce Completion of Merger
Latest News
- IntoPIX & Altera Unlock New Levels Of Efficiency For JPEG XS On Agilex At IBC 2025
- Perceptia Begins Port of pPLL03 to Samsung 8nm Process Technology
- Efinix® Doubles Titanium Product Line
- SmartSoC Solutions Partners with Cortus to Advance Chip Design and Manufacturing for SIM Cards, Smart Cards, Banking Cards, and E-Passports in India
- Fraunhofer IIS and ARRI announce partnership for post-production workflows at IBC 2025