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Whether LPC ARM processors are of Philips or NXP Semiconductors

Started by "Niren.R" May 14, 2008
Whether NXP semiconductors a division of Philips or separated company ?

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--- In l..., "Niren.R" wrote:
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> Whether NXP semiconductors a division of Philips or separated
company ?
>

Philips Semiconductors was renamed to NXP one or two years ago.
U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM processor division of Philips ?

agentkozz wrote: --- In l..., "Niren.R" wrote:
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> Whether NXP semiconductors a division of Philips or separated
company ?
>

Philips Semiconductors was renamed to NXP one or two years ago.

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niren raju


----- Original Message -----
From: "nirenraju"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Re: Whether LPC ARM processors are of Philips or NXP
Semiconductors
>U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM processor
>division of Philips ?

Just semiconsductors.

Leon
--- In l..., nirenraju wrote:
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> U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM processor
division of Philips ?
>
> agentkozz wrote: --- In
l..., "Niren.R" wrote:
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> > Whether NXP semiconductors a division of Philips or separated
> company ?
> >
>
> Philips Semiconductors was renamed to NXP one or two years ago.
>
Might be a good idea to check the nxp website
http://www.nxp.com/profile/

Cheers, Bob
Thankyou verymuch for your valuable reply .

lpc2100_fan wrote: --- In l..., nirenraju wrote:
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> U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM processor
division of Philips ?
>
> agentkozz wrote: --- In
l..., "Niren.R" wrote:
> >
> > Whether NXP semiconductors a division of Philips or separated
> company ?
> >
>
> Philips Semiconductors was renamed to NXP one or two years ago.
>
Might be a good idea to check the nxp website
http://www.nxp.com/profile/

Cheers, Bob

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niren raju


Looks to me like Philips, the company, is completely out of the
picture now.

boB
--- In l..., "Leon" wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nirenraju"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Re: Whether LPC ARM processors are of Philips
or NXP
> Semiconductors
> >U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM processor
> >division of Philips ?
>
> Just semiconsductors.
>
> Leon
>

>
> Looks to me like Philips, the company, is completely out of the
> picture now.

Not quite!

NXP is privately owned but Philips retains about 19.9% of the stock.
Also NXP is still using "Founded by Philips" slogan, but it is
getting smaller and smaller as time goes just like the NXP value.

Pawel

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> boB
> --- In l..., "Leon" wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "nirenraju"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Re: Whether LPC ARM processors are of
Philips
> or NXP
> > Semiconductors
> >
> >
> > >U mean all divisions of Philips renamed to NXP or just ARM
processor
> > >division of Philips ?
> >
> > Just semiconsductors.
> >
> > Leon
>
> Looks to me like Philips, the company,
> is completely out of the picture now.

Yes, Philips spun off their semiconductor division.
(but not completely: they kept a 20% stake: that's probably why NXP still
proudly has in all its literature: "Founded by Philips")
Quite a popular thing to do, by the way.
LOTS of companies have spun off their semiconductor divisions:

Harris -> Intersil
Motorola -> Freescale
Rockwell International -> Conexant
Agilent -> Avago
Siemens -> Infineon
Lucent -> Agere
~ Paul Claessen