http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNewsTechMediaTelco/idUSTRE4913XK20081002
Hmm!
Spotted by smash 
hmm, much like Texas Instruments buying up a ton of people; who next.. linear technology, akm ?
*poof*
If the acquisition happens,
Hopefully this gonna change the attitude of NSDQ:MCHP.
Oh look, monopoly money 
It doesn’t necessarily mean the end of their product line though
Well, I hope this doesn’t go ahead. I really appreciate the competition in the micro’ market. I’ve been using PICs professionally for a while now, and have often looked at the Atmel offerings, which definitely have some strong selling points.
These days I am leaning more towards moving to Arm though, as there are some seriously well spec’d chips, for very good prices.
I would still be happy to see Atmel remain independant of Microchip.