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Website: http://www.freescale.com Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for wireless, networking, automotive, consumer and industrial markets. The company provides original equipment manufacturers with chips to help them drive advanced cell phones, manage Internet traffic and to help make vehicles safer and more energy efficient. It has more than 10,000 customers including 100 of the top global manufacturers. On December 1, 2006, Freescale became a private company after being acquired by a consortium of private equity funds led by The Blackstone Group and including The Carlyle Group, funds advised by Permira Advisers LLC and Texas Pacific Group. The company had sales of $6.4 billion in 2006. The company has shipped more than 16 billion chips, which can be found in everyday name brands including: - Motorola cell phones In 40 percent of the cars and trucks on the road today, Freescale solutions enable systems for airbags, anti-lock braking, comfort, engine management, fuel-efficiency and emissions control, instrumentation, navigation, radio or tire-pressure monitoring. In homes and offices around the world, Freescale semiconductors are the brains behind alarm systems, audio systems, appliances, desktop and laptop computers, keyboards, mice, monitors, networked storage and gaming devices, printers, remote controls and electronic toys. On the Internet, it's more than likely that your data traffic travels across Freescale chips. That's because Freescale is the world's No. 1 supplier of communications processors. In the wireless handset world, Freescale chips enable cellular phones, personal digital assistants and mobile-gaming gadgets. In industrial and commercial settings, Freescale products facilitate electronic motor control, manufacturing-process control, measuring equipment and point-of-sale equipment. Our products make a difference in the world. Freescale has design, research and development (R&D), manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. It has seven wholly-owned wafer fabs, two assembly and test sites and a 300-millimeter pilot line and R&D center in Crolles, France, jointly owned with STMicroelectronics and NXP, a newly independent semiconductor company (founded by Philips). Freescale invests $1 billion annually in R&D and has 5,500 patent families. Freescale was part of Motorola for more than 50 years before it was spun off as an independent company in July 2004. Updated October 16, 2007 |