[sdiy] ADI to aquire LTC

[Eric Brombaugh]

On Aug 28, 2016, at 3:43 AM, Ingo Debus wrote:

> 
>> Am 27.08.2016 um 21:09 schrieb Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr>:
>> 
>> So how many manufacturers of op amps are left ?
>> - Analog Devices + Linear Technology
>> - JRC/NJR
>> - Maxim
>> - Motorola + Fairchild
>> - Philips
>> - SGS + Thomson
>> - Texas Instruments + Burr-Brown + National semiconductor
> 
>> I count seven. A few more rounds of concentration and it'll be
>> down to three
> 
> NXP (formerly Philips) recently acquired Freescale (formerly Motorola). So your list is down to six already.

And Motorola / Freescale hadn't made op-amps for years - all those parts went to ON Semi when they split away. ON recently hoovered up Fairchild so the above list is correct if you change Motorola to ON.

Eric