[lbo-talk] Motorola Firesale

[dredmond at efn.org]

Silicon Strategies reports on Motorola's sad decline as a major chip producer:


> Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector, the chip making part of Motorola 
> waiting to spin-off, has served notice that many of its technological 
> developments are available for license - including a 90-nanometer CMOS process 
> created as a platform for silicon-on-insulator high performance integrated 
> circuits.
> [text cut]
> When asked if Motorola SPS was selling off the "family silver" in a one-shot 
> deal Reidy responded: "This is 'family silver' but there are definitely still 
> 'silversmiths' in the family creating new value."

http://www.siliconstrategies.com/article/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KXH5OSK4GGY2CQSNDBCSKHY?articleID=16600533

-- DRR