1) great to have some action on this list :^) 2) Translation:� You all will still have me to call for support. 3) This reminds me of Wiley Coyote & the Road Runner. Were Wiley cuts a hole and he falls out. ;^) On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 12:04 PM, Melear Charles-rdph40 wrote: > Hello everyone, > > For those who have not heard, Motorola is going to sell the > semiconductor group.� What this will mean to you is that the Motorola > Semiconductor Group will be called Freescale Semiconductor. > > Only the name will change.� I assume that the phone numbers and stuff > will not change.� As far as Motorola customers are concerned, it will > be business as usual.� Only the name will change. > > Here is what is happening.� The Motorola corporate fathers took the > entire corporation and drew a line.� They put the semiconductor group > on one side of the line and everything else on the other side of the > line.� That piece will remain Motorola.� The semiconductor group will > become a separate corporation known as Freescale.� On the first day, > Motorola will be a 100 % owner of the stock.� Almost immediately after > the SEC approves everything, Motorola will sell about 20% of the > Freescale stock on the open market.� That is, there will be an IPO. > > The time frame for the IPO is sometimes in the 1st half of 2004.� > Motorola will divest itself of 80% of the stock, probably during 2004. > > > Once again, all this means to the customer base of the semiconductor > group is that you will be calling the same people at the same phone > numbers and you will be dealing with the same products.� The vast > majority of folks down here are going with the flow, so to speak, and > the name change and converting the Motorola Semiconductor group to a > free standing corporation independent of Motorola will essentially be > transparent to the customer base.� > > Translation:� You all will still have me to call for support. > > Regards, > > Charlie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Godiska, Jim [mailto:jgodiska@...] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 11:39 AM > To: 68300@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [68300] Info > > > Charlie, > > I had not heard about this split / re-naming until this email chain.� > When > is it expected to become official?� Are any significant changes > planned as > far as technical support for the products? > > Jim Godiska > Electrical Design Engineer > GMA, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melear Charles-rdph40 [mailto:charles.melear@...] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 11:42 AM > To: '68300@yahoogroups.com' > Subject: RE: [68300] Info > > > Hello everyone, > > With regard to availability of the CPU32 and CPU16 devices, the bottom > line > is this: > > 1.� If a part is currently available now, it will be available from > Freescale.� In particular, the 68331, 68332, 68336 and 68376 are some > of the > more popular devices. > > 2.� Obviously, if you are not ordering the part now and it isn't > readily > available, then it certainly won't be available from Freescale. > > 3.� The same is true for the MC68HC16 family.� However, there are a > lot more > flavors of the CPU16 devices and many of them have been discontinued.� > The > discontinued parts are generally those that were made for a single > customer > or those that never sold very well in the first place. > > > If you can get a part now, you will be able to get it from Freescale. > > As a word of caution, if you are planning a new project, contact a > local > distributor or Motorola sales person and get them to swear that a part > is > going to be available.� (Just because you have a data sheet for an > MC68HC16Y3 doesn't mean it is available.)� > > In general, for the third time, there are no plans to discontinue any > product lines (such as the 683xx and 68HC16 devices) just because we > are > going to split from Motorola and become Freescale. > > Just be sure to confirm that the specific part you need is going to be > available.� (One part that you will NOT be able to get is an > MC68HC16X1.) > > I hope this is clear and that my words of caution about discontinued > parts > are not confusing anyone.� Except for the name change, you should NOT > be > able to tell any difference in parts availability after we become > Freescale. > > Regards, > > Charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim [mailto:Tim.Flynn@...] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 5:31 PM > To: 68300@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [68300] Info > > > Hello Charlie (and all), > With the changes at Motorola -> Freescale. > Looking into your crystal ball, do you see anything we should be > worried about for the 68332 and 68376? 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Re: [68300] Info
2004-03-09 by Tim