> I'm not so sure this should be allowed. I agree. Competetive reasoning aside this would leave ST Micro as the last wholly European player in that market (and

> I'm not so sure this should be allowed. I agree. Competetive reasoning aside this would leave ST Micro as the last wholly European player in that market (and NXP already is the last major one in the EU, ST being based in Switzerland). In theory Infineon could re-enter the mobile processor and memory market, but I think they left that turf for good, 10 years ago. So I think EU authorities might have a word in this.