[TriEmbed] Microchip to buy Atmel...

[John Vaughters]

My guess is not much will change for at least a year while they decide how to merge, then factories close and processes merge over the next 1-2 yrs or so. That is when you will see how this plays out. There may be a change in low volume chips, but I doubt the high volume chips need to worry much. Quality in a changing process or plant move is always subject to possible poor batches until they get it worked out.
All in all this is just a typical move in a poor economy where companies are merging like crazy right now. Layoffs have started and will continue as the merged companies combine.  

    On Friday, January 22, 2016 2:21 AM, Michael Wayne via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
 

 Thought Atmel already got bought out...http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0RK0J420150920On Jan 22, 2016 1:32 AM, "Rodney Radford via TriEmbed" <triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

Two worlds collide...

http://www.electronics-lab.com/microchip-to-buy-atmel-for-nearly-3-6-billion/

I hope that does not mean the death of Atmel, as I have always thought their architecture was superior to Microchip - and that is in addition to hating the Microchip assembly mnemonics.

Only time will tell what this means for both product lines... and possibly Arduino.


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