I always thought they switched to Agilant because they could get the NYSE symbol "A"<div>Way easier for stock buyers to remember.<br><div>who doesnt want to be first listed in alphabetical order?</div><div><br></div><div>Kylee<br><br>On Sunday, August 28, 2016, <<a href="mailto:thx1138@earthlink.net">thx1138@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Freescale (Now NXP) built DSP’s, MPU’s, MCU’s . Some Analogue ( Power Management), whereas ON got all the Mixed signal, Linear, Bipolar and so forth( about a Billion Dollars revenue) while it was Motorola Semiconductor. I had a great time sampling myself parts for project design when it was all Motorola Semi. The best Radio Shack ever for an Audio / Systems design guy.<br>
<br>
But all things come to an end eventually. I was retired from Motorola/Freescale after 28 years. I bought a good deal of their test gear though when they were closing up labs.<br>
<br>
Still I use a good deal of thru hole parts that I hampstered over the years. Let me know if you have a problem finding stuff.<br>
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regards,<br>
<br>
Terry<br>
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Andre Majorel <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'aym-htnys@teaser.fr')">aym-htnys@teaser.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On 2016-08-28 12:43 +0200, Ingo Debus wrote:<br>
><br>
>> NXP (formerly Philips) recently acquired Freescale (formerly<br>
>> Motorola). So your list is down to six already.<br>
><br>
> Wasn't Freescale the digital half of Motorola ? By "Motorola" in<br>
> the list, I was referring to the analogue half, "On semiconductor"<br>
> (another terrible name).<br>
><br>
> Didn't know that Microchip made op amps.<br>
><br>
> THAT don't as far as I can see.<br>
><br>
> Diodes / Zetex have a few dozens of op amps in their catalogue<br>
> but only one in DIP.<br>
><br>
> Intersil appear to have no DIP at all.<br>
><br>
> Philips^H^H^H^H^H^H^HNXP has stopped making any op amps.<br>
><br>
> So the list comes down to<br>
><br>
> - Analog Devices + Linear Technology<br>
> - JRC/NJR<br>
> - Maxim<br>
> - Microchip<br>
> - Motorola + Fairchild<br>
> - SGS + Thomson<br>
> - Texas Instruments + Burr-Brown + National semiconductor<br>
><br>
> plus, SMT-only,<br>
><br>
> - Diodes / Zetex<br>
> - Exar<br>
> - Intersil<br>
> - Rohm<br>
> - SiLabs<br>
><br>
> Granted, it's not disastrous yet but isn't the trend worrying ?<br>
> It's intriguing to me that no-one else seems to think much of it.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> André Majorel <a href="http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/" target="_blank">http://www.teaser.fr/~<wbr>amajorel/</a><br>
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