Fairchild almost had to sell. The semiconductor market is ever changing and currently struggling. Sad as Fairchild has always been one of the industry's quality leaders.
Intel is one of the few semiconductor companies that turned a profit this year.
Qualcomm got too big too fast IMO, and now they're both laying off and allowing contracts to expire. Here's a chart from the 1st quarter of this year, but it's still basically the same today.
Intel is one of the few semiconductor companies that turned a profit this year.
Qualcomm got too big too fast IMO, and now they're both laying off and allowing contracts to expire. Here's a chart from the 1st quarter of this year, but it's still basically the same today.
And after just a few days, NXP appears to be looking for other suitors.
NXP-Qualcomm Deal Now Seems Less Likely (QCOM, NXPI)
NXP-Qualcomm Deal Now Seems Less Likely (QCOM, NXPI) | Investopedia
The Qualcomm buyout of NXP was regarded as a sure thing just a few weeks ago, but now it's unlikely. Not sure what happened, but I think Qualcomm did themselves a favor with their revenues down 25%.
My cousin's son worked for Qualcomm twice, once as a direct employee and once for a subcontractor. He preferred the subcontractor position as it was a lot less pressure. He's in Australia now doing the same thing - designing and troubleshooting networks and server arrays (and doing a lot of bicycling.)
My cousin's son worked for Qualcomm twice, once as a direct employee and once for a subcontractor. He preferred the subcontractor position as it was a lot less pressure. He's in Australia now doing the same thing - designing and troubleshooting networks and server arrays (and doing a lot of bicycling.)
You're right. But unless a company manages a revenue loss well, it will erode their profits fairly quickly.
That was in IBD this morning. Whatever. If the company (NXPI) has retained Qatalyst they are serious about a sale. Qatalyst was headed by Frank Quattrone the leading tech investment banker of all time.
I know we started the conversation about Fairchild and then got onto Qualcomm and NXP, but I like this thread. I've followed the electronics industry since the mid 70s. I can't even count how many of my family and extended family members are or were involved in it one way or another.
And I just read this about Intel announcing that they going to develop its Stratix 10 FPGA with ARM architecture. This may be Intel testing the non-x86 waters which IMO, is getting near its EOL.
Intel moves beyond x86, puts 64-bit ARM processor in new FPGA chip | Computerworld
And I just read this about Intel announcing that they going to develop its Stratix 10 FPGA with ARM architecture. This may be Intel testing the non-x86 waters which IMO, is getting near its EOL.
Intel moves beyond x86, puts 64-bit ARM processor in new FPGA chip | Computerworld
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