apparently Analog bought Maxim recently
huh
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kind of sad that a lot of iconic electronic companies are now subsidiaries of other companies
like fairchild is now owned by onsemi, LT is now owned by Analog, burr-brown is now owned by TI, international rectifier is now owned by infineon,...
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I drive past the old SMSC HQ down here that Microchip bought. Always a little sad about that, as I loved their chips. (Granted, they're still made, but it's not the same...)
Also, the Microchip -> Microsemi -> Adaptec -> 3COM chain. O.o;
@zetasyanthis Microchip seems to be in the process of turning from a respectable company into a company that just keeps buying other companies, much like Vishay did
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@zetasyanthis I think the internet would show up with torches and pitchforks if they ever dared to discontinue the atmega328p
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Yeah, just a bit. :P
If for nothing else I love the Atmel lines for having a free gcc compiler. Some of the shit Microchip, etc, try to sell is obscenely priced.
@zetasyanthis from talking to coworkers who used to work at microchip, microchip's internal structure is an absolute *mess* of meddling middle management resulting in all kinds of nonsense
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Fun fact. I almost went to work for them twice, but turned down both offers in the end. :P
@Felthry
Oh fuck, I forgot for a minute. That one I'm still mad about. Loved my ATMEGAs, and that's looking to peter out. :(