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Why aren't there greater anti-trust concerns over this?

sliverstorm 16y ago
I can't speak for everyone, but while I'm a little saddened by this, I'm too busy being optimistic about the future to get worried about anti-trust. NatSemi makes good chips, but everything else seemed a little shaky (have you seen some of their newer datasheets...?) and I hope being owned by TI will help a lot of these things.
- chrisjsmith 16y ago
  Agreed on that part. Also MultiSim is damn expensive. TI are usually cheaper on tooling and software support.
HeyLaughingBoy 16y ago
The market's diverse enough so it's not likely to be an issue. TI and National don't have a corner on any part of the market that I'm aware of. There's plenty of competition from the likes of Analog Devices, Maxim, Freescale, Siemens (not sure if Siemens is still in the IC market, tho) etc...
- reemrevnivek 16y ago
  You missed the very significant names of Linear, NXP, ST, Fairchild, and On Semi (for the analog market). Regardless, TI is bigger than any of those companies, and probably bigger than all of those companies combined.
- tomkinstinch 16y ago
  TI is definitely the largest player. Why shouldn't market consolidation by TI be questioned? Diversity may also be misperceived, as the companies may not compete directly on all product lines. If you need a chip for something, there are times when it is only produced by one company. Here are a few quickly-Googled numbers: TI Revenue: $13.966 billion Net Income: $3.228 billion ST Microelectronics Revenue: $8.465 billion Net Income: $1.131 billion NXP Semiconductors Revenue: $5.44 billion Net Income: $1.823 billion Infineon (Siemens) Revenue:$4.688 billion Net Income: $937 million Freescale Revenue: $4.46 billion Net Income: $1.15 billion Analog Devices Revenue: $2.8 billion Net Income: $712 million ON Semiconductor Revenue: $2.131 billion Net income: $395.8 million Maxim Revenue: $1.998 billion Net Income: $129 million Fairchild Semiconductor Revenue: $1.6 billion Net Income: $193 million National Semiconductor Revenue: $1.42 billion Net Income: $209.2 million Linear Technology Corp. Revenue: $1.17 billion Net income: $361 million The US used to have a consistent anti-trust tradition. With Ma Bell reuniting and mergers like this, it seems to be waning.

I can't speak for everyone, but while I'm a little saddened by this, I'm too busy being optimistic about the future to get worried about anti-trust. NatSemi makes good chips, but everything else seemed a little shaky (have you seen some of their newer datasheets...?) and I hope being owned by TI will help a lot of these things.

chrisjsmith 16y ago
Agreed on that part. Also MultiSim is damn expensive. TI are usually cheaper on tooling and software support.

HeyLaughingBoy 16y ago

The market's diverse enough so it's not likely to be an issue. TI and National don't have a corner on any part of the market that I'm aware of. There's plenty of competition from the likes of Analog Devices, Maxim, Freescale, Siemens (not sure if Siemens is still in the IC market, tho) etc...

reemrevnivek 16y ago
You missed the very significant names of Linear, NXP, ST, Fairchild, and On Semi (for the analog market). Regardless, TI is bigger than any of those companies, and probably bigger than all of those companies combined.
tomkinstinch 16y ago
TI is definitely the largest player. Why shouldn't market consolidation by TI be questioned? Diversity may also be misperceived, as the companies may not compete directly on all product lines. If you need a chip for something, there are times when it is only produced by one company. Here are a few quickly-Googled numbers: TI Revenue: $13.966 billion Net Income: $3.228 billion ST Microelectronics Revenue: $8.465 billion Net Income: $1.131 billion NXP Semiconductors Revenue: $5.44 billion Net Income: $1.823 billion Infineon (Siemens) Revenue:$4.688 billion Net Income: $937 million Freescale Revenue: $4.46 billion Net Income: $1.15 billion Analog Devices Revenue: $2.8 billion Net Income: $712 million ON Semiconductor Revenue: $2.131 billion Net income: $395.8 million Maxim Revenue: $1.998 billion Net Income: $129 million Fairchild Semiconductor Revenue: $1.6 billion Net Income: $193 million National Semiconductor Revenue: $1.42 billion Net Income: $209.2 million Linear Technology Corp. Revenue: $1.17 billion Net income: $361 million The US used to have a consistent anti-trust tradition. With Ma Bell reuniting and mergers like this, it seems to be waning.