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		ghubbard on March 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chip Makers Will Merge in Deal Worth $11.8B tldr; NXP Semiconductors is buying Freescale Semiconductor.

huxley on March 2, 2015 [–]

And for historical context, Freescale Semiconductor is the spinoff of the original Motorola's Semiconductor Products Division, that was a transistor and semiconductor pioneer as well as building the 680x0 and several of the PowerPC processors for the Apple Macintosh back in the day.

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