Microchip to buy Microsemi ...

[Bassman59]

In case you haven't heard.

Seems like there's little overlap in the product lines. One wonders whether Microchip will keep the Microsemi space-qualified and radiation-tolerant FPGA devices.

[technix]

In case you haven't heard.

Seems like there's little overlap in the product lines. One wonders whether Microchip will keep the Microsemi space-qualified and radiation-tolerant FPGA devices.

I have the feeling that Microchip would keep the Microsemi FPGA lines while killing their own ATF1500 which was bought from Atmel.

[mikeselectricstuff]

In case you haven't heard.

Seems like there's little overlap in the product lines. One wonders whether Microchip will keep the Microsemi space-qualified and radiation-tolerant FPGA devices.

Yes, that's probably somthing they may well want to sell to a more specialist manufacturer.

[chicken]

Microchip buying Micrel, then Microsemi. What Micr is next? Micron is probably too big for them.

[T3sl4co1l]

Heck, maybe they'll improve them...

Very little from Microsemi I've been interested in. Their power transistor offerings are just weird.

Tim

[who8877]

Their PolarFire FPGAs are pretty neat and should be competitive with Xilinx Kintex parts.  I'm guessing this is why Microchip wanted them.

[Warhawk]

Jesus, we will end up with big5 like in automotive industry..

[krho]

I'd say that oligopoly is no better than monopoly

[coppice]

Consolidation isn't really avoidable in most industries. Better to absorb your enemies and keep their best engineers/IP than eat their lunch and bankrupt them (see Apple/HP, Google/Yahoo, Intel/AMD, etc.). Only a few markets where the government will actually intervene...

Mergers are so famous for nurturing the best of the people and product lines.