Who bought Freescale Semiconductor?
NXP Semiconductors NV
Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV agreed to buy smaller chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor for $11.8 billion. The deal valued the combined company at over $40 billion.
Is NXP a fabless company?
NXP is a non-fabless company which means it manufactures its own semiconductor chips rather than outsourcing it to a fab.
Does NXP make their own chips?
NXP manufactures chips for eGovernment applications such as electronic passports; RFID tags and labels; and transport and access management, with the chip set and contactless card for MIFARE used by many major public transit systems worldwide.
Is Intel going fabless?
With that plan, Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger shut down the idea that the company needed to transition to a “fabless” model like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and outsource the production of its chips to a third-party foundry. That’s a bold move, but it seems to ignore many of Intel’s past and current problems.
What is Freescale processor?
The Freescale 683xx (formerly Motorola 683xx) is a family of compatible microcontrollers by Freescale that use a Motorola 68000-based CPU core. A fully static CPU core, capable of running at any clock speed from dead stop to maximum rated speed (25 or 33MHz).
Is the frdm-k66f a low cost development platform?
The FRDM-K66F is a low cost development platform for Kinetis® K66, K65, and K26 MCUs. The FRDM-K66F has been designed by NXP in collaboration with mbed for prototyping all sorts of devices, especially those requiring the size and price point offered by Cortex-M4.
What are the features of the Kinetis K66?
The K66 sub-family members provide greater performance, memory options up to 2 MB total flash and 256 KB of SRAM, as well as higher peripheral integration with features such as Dual USB and a 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC. These devices maintain hardware and software compatibility with the existing Kinetis family.
What kind of switch does womier K66 keyboard use?
When it comes to everything above the casing, the Womier K66 is purchasable with Gateron switches and our review unit came with the linear gaming-focused red ones. An important note when it comes to the switches is that there are multiple versions of this keyboard floating around on the internet.
What does the gamakay K66 keyboard look like?
With RGB turned off, K66 definitely looks like a keyboard geared toward those looking for a clean, minimalistic look without any branding or gaming-related embellishments. Even the underside of the casing is very minimal with only the screws keeping the three pieces of acrylic together being immediately visible.