Is Zilog still in business?
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From: -jg on 25 Feb 2010 16:54 On Feb 26, 7:33 am, rickman <gnu...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > That press release refers to the ARM9 devices, not the Cortex family. > I'm not aware that Zilog had bought rights to Cortex designs. But if > they have, that would be separate from the ARM9. Yes, the ARM9 were external memory, POS specific solutions. The M3 was, of course, for more classic Microcontroller applications. Here is the M3 press release : ["10 May 2008 ... Zilog, Inc. has signed a license to use the ARM Cortex-M3 processor to develop a family of 32-bit based solutions."] That's a long time ago now, so it may have died internally... - and now the Cortex-M0 is ramping.. (from NXP (to 32KF) and Nuvoton (to 128KF) and others)
From: Peter Seldon on 26 Feb 2010 13:48 > "rickman" <gnuarm(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:de98cde9-323b-4cb3-a90e-1d9b568ae680(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 25, 11:16 am, "Peter Seldon" <peter373...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > "rickman" wrote... > > > On Feb 22, 6:06 pm, -jg <jim.granvi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Feb 23, 8:03 am, "Peter Seldon" <peter373...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Is ZILOG still in business? they don't answer tech support phone calls or > > > > > return > > > > > emails. > > > > > My rep from Future Electronics distributor says "not recommended" and do not > > > > > use > > > > > them > > > > > > Zilog have been drifting somewhat. > > > > > > They sold off some product lines, and just last week, they are > > > > swallowed into IXYS - so I am sure employees are distracted right > > > > now! ;) > > > > > > ["February 18, 2010 -- IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) > > > > today announced the closing of its acquisition of Zilog, Inc. The > > > > closing of the acquisition followed > > > > the stockholders meeting of Zilog, Inc. on February 17, 2010, at which > > > > the acquisition was approved > > > > by the following vote: 12,635,022 shares were voted in favor; 11,565 > > > > shares were voted against; and > > > > 2,021 abstained. Zilog s shares ceased trading at the end of today s > > > > market session. "] > > > > > > IXYS are a power-Semi company, so with Zilog's cores, they will be > > > > able to offer more complete solutions. > > > > > > Zilog were claiming to have a Cortex variant in the works, but that > > > > may have been pruned. > > > > > > Zilog's web site, was one of the worst even seen, for a > > > > Microcontroller vendor. > > > > Clearly no one in 'marketing' asked a designer/engineer, or ever used > > > > it themselves. > > > > > I can only imagine that the Cortex would be top priority now. Since > > > they are absorbed in IXYS now, they have much less reason to continue > > > working with their proprietary CPU designs. Just like Cypress is > > > coming out with a CM3 version o their PSOC devices (and soon the power > > > devices) I expect IXYS would be served much better by making power > > > devices with a CM3 core. > > > > Wasn't the entire Zilog ARM line and design sold to Maxim including the Cortex > > design?http://www.microcontroller.com/news/Zilog_Sells_Crimzon_Zatara.asp > > > > Also all ARM microcontrollers are sold by NXP, ST, TI, Atmel, Freescale. Oki, and > > Samsung. Fabless ARM suppliers don't seem to be able to compete, that's why Luminary > > was > > sold so cheap to TI. > > That press release refers to the ARM9 devices, not the Cortex family. > I'm not aware that Zilog had bought rights to Cortex designs. But if > they have, that would be separate from the ARM9. Zilog wasn't truthful about the terms of the sale. It was first announced that Zilog only sold their ARM9 POS devices to Maxim. But it later turned out that Maxim had really bought all the rights to all ARM9 designs, including the general purpose ARM9 mcus. It also could turn out that Maxim bought the Zilog Cortex design, too? Maxim really had Zilog over a barrel and I know that Maxim squeezed the living hell out of Billerbeck to get as much as they can. Maybe if Zilog's management wasn't so incompetant, they wouldn't have crashed the company the way they did.
From: Jim Stewart on 26 Feb 2010 14:01 Peter Seldon wrote: > Maybe if Zilog's management wasn't so incompetant, they wouldn't have crashed the > company the way they did. Do you mean this time or over the last 30 years?
From: Peter Seldon on 26 Feb 2010 19:13 "Jim Stewart" <jstewart(a)jkmicro.com> wrote in message news:hm95r1$2m6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Peter Seldon wrote: > >> Maybe if Zilog's management wasn't so incompetant, they wouldn't have crashed the >> company the way they did. > > Do you mean this time or over the last 30 years? Past 5 or 6 years. Which CEO said "we are getting out of the microcontroller buisness"? And I can't remember when they last introduced a new 8bit part. ..
From: Jim Stewart on 26 Feb 2010 19:59
Peter Seldon wrote: > "Jim Stewart" <jstewart(a)jkmicro.com> wrote in message > news:hm95r1$2m6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Peter Seldon wrote: >> >>> Maybe if Zilog's management wasn't so incompetant, they wouldn't have crashed the >>> company the way they did. >> Do you mean this time or over the last 30 years? > > Past 5 or 6 years. Which CEO said "we are getting out of the microcontroller buisness"? > And I can't remember when they last introduced a new 8bit part. Someone should write a book about Zilog. The Z80 was a remarkable part and, along with it's peripheral chips, highly successful. After they failed to deliver the Z800, I pretty much gave them up. I'd like to know how it comes about that a company can produce an excellent product line then fail 100% to follow through. |