[sdiy] Dialog buys Atmel

[Neil Johnson]

Michael Zacherl wrote:
>> According to the WSJ the CEO is looking to retire.
>>
>> http://www.wsj.com/articles/dialog-semiconductor-to-buy-atmel-for-4-6-billion-1442755960
>
> alas no public access to this article. But your word is good enough for me. ;)

Ah, oh, yeah, you need to go through google news to get to the
article.  The direct link doesn't have the magic cookie that allows
you to read it.  Darn it.  Anyway, just go to the google news page and
search on "atmel dialog".

>> Jalal Bagherli, the CEO of Dialog, was the CEO of Alphamosaic before it was bought by Broadcom, which developed the BCM2835, which was the chip that started the Raspberry Pi project.
>
> while Broadcom is currently being incorporated into Avago …
> Which was a much larger fish to swallow than LSI in 2013.

Although only _after_ Broadcom reduced their headcount by several
thousand.  Last year in fact.  June 2nd - I remember the day well....

Neil
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