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> I assume this is an entirely independent Chinese company. It's worth noting that Nexperia is a spin-off of NXP (Dutch company) which itself is a spin-off of
by q3k 1y ago
> I assume this is an entirely independent Chinese company.
It's worth noting that Nexperia is a spin-off of NXP (Dutch company) which itself is a spin-off of Philips' (Dutch company) semiconductor division.
It's also worth noting that Nexperia's Chinese owners (Wingtech) are at least partially state controlled.
- teekert 1y agoPerhaps also worth noting that ASML is also a spin-off of Philips.
- jacquesm 1y agoAnd that the two collaborate closely on all kinds of projects, and that NXP (the former owner of the business unit that became Nexperia) and Nexperia (the company that is the focus of this action) are both customers of ASML.
- khuey 1y agoNexperia was also spun off to placate Chinese regulators back when Qualcomm wanted to acquire NXP, and then after the spin off the Chinese regulators still refused to approve the acquisition.
- galangalalgol 1y agoDoes that mean teensy mcu are now chinese owned? That was one of the last non chinese mcu available.
- nudgeee 1y agoTeensy is based on iMXRT which are NXP, not Nexperia.