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From: Peter Seldon on 22 Feb 2010 14:03 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
From: -jg on 22 Feb 2010 18:06 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. Zilogs shares ceased trading at the end of todays 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.
From: rickman on 25 Feb 2010 07:16 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. Zilogs shares ceased trading at the end of todays > 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. Rick
From: Peter Seldon on 25 Feb 2010 11:16 > "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.
From: rickman on 25 Feb 2010 13:33 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. Rick
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