Bye bye Atmel

[stryd_one]

http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNewsTechMediaTelco/idUSTRE4913XK20081002

Hmm!

Spotted by smash ;)

[Artesia]

hmm, much like Texas Instruments buying up a ton of people; who next.. linear technology, akm  ? ;)

[nILS]

*poof*

[Kartoshka]

If the acquisition happens,

Hopefully this gonna change the attitude of NSDQ:MCHP.

[stryd_one]

Oh look, monopoly money :)

[DrBunsen]

It doesn't necessarily mean the end of their product line though

[madox]

Well, I hope this doesn't go ahead. I really appreciate the competition in the micro' market. I've been using PICs professionally for a while now, and have often looked at the Atmel offerings, which definitely have some strong selling points.

These days I am leaning more towards moving to Arm though, as there are some seriously well spec'd chips, for very good prices.

I would still be happy to see Atmel remain independant of Microchip.