Motorola Names Chip Spinoff Company

[G4scott]

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, February 13, 2004


Austin's newest public company will be called Freescale Semiconductor.


That's what Motorola Inc. said late Friday in announcing the name for its Austin-based chip operations. The company is spinning the chip operations off as an independent company. The deal, which analysts expect to be worth $2 billion, will be Austin's biggest initial public offering by far.


"We've created a name that's intended to identify our team's dedication to agility, service and reliability," said Scott Anderson, who will be CEO of the new company.


The spinoff is expected to occur in April.

It looks like our G4's will be Freescale G4's, come this April...

 

[Sun Baked]

Re: Motorola Names Chip Spinoff Company

Originally posted by G4scott
It looks like our G4's will be Freescale G4's, come this April...

I can already see the Cantscale G4 jokes starting ...

Personally I'd almost expect to see an April 1st startup date.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

they should remove the word scale and insert stagnant how is this
Freestagnant semiconductor? yeah thats a good name for motospin.

 

[rdowns]

FreeFall would be my choice.