Freescale Semiconductor is the world's leading semiconductor company, with its global headquarters located in Austin, Texas, USA. Focus on embedded processing solutions. Freescale's technologies include microprocessors, microcontrollers, sensors, analog integrated circuits and wiring for the automotive, networking, industrial and consumer electronics markets. Some of Freescale's major applications and end markets include automotive safety, hybrid and all-electric vehicles, next-generation wireless infrastructure, smart energy management, portable medical devices, consumer appliances and smart mobile devices. It has multiple design, R&D, manufacturing and sales organizations around the world. Gregg Lowe is president and CEO of the company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FSL) and spent $755 million on research and development in 2013, accounting for 18% of the year's net sales.
In February 2015, Freescale and NXP reached a merger agreement, with the overall market value after the merger being US$40 billion. The merger will be completed in the second half of 2015. Upon completion of the transaction, Freescale shareholders will receive a return of $6.25 per share of 0.3521 NXP shares, representing 32% of the combined company's equity. At the same time, Freescale's market value will reach US$11.8 billion, and the overall market value of the combined entity will reach US$16.7 billion including debt. Basic introduction Company name: Freescale Foreign name: Freescale Headquarters location: Austin, Texas, USA Business scope: Semiconductor Company nature: NYSE: FSL Annual turnover: US$4.19 billion (2013) Number of employees: 17,000 Patents : More than 6,000 patented product series distributors in China, main products, application fields, manufacturing plants, Americas and Europe, history, current situation, university plans, distributors in China Distributors of Freescale in China include: iResearch Arrow, Avnet, WT Microelectronics, Weikeng, CEAC, Comtech, and Fortune. Value-added service providers include: Zhou Ligong (ZLG) and Lierda Electronics (Lierda). Catalog retailers include: Digi-Key, element 14, Mouser Electronics, etc. The main product range includes 8-bit microcontrollers (single-chip microcontrollers), 16-bit microcontrollers (single-chip microcontrollers), 32-bit ARM Cortex-M architecture microcontrollers (single-chip microcontrollers) - Kiis series, and ARM Cortex-A architecture i.MX series processing processor, Power Architecture?/PowerQUICC?, high-performance network processors, high-performance multimedia processors, high-performance industrial control processors, analog and mixed-signal, ASIC, CodeWarrior? development tools, digital signal processors and controllers, power supplies Management, RF radio frequency power amplifier, high performance linear power amplifier GPA, audio and video home appliances RF multimedia processor, sensor. The details are as follows: Kiis ARM Cortex-M microcontroller Kiis [k?'is] is a Freescale 32-bit microcontroller/microcontroller based on ARM?Cortex?-M0 and M4 cores. Kiis contains multiple series of MCUs. Their software and hardware are compatible with each other, integrate rich functions and features, and have outstanding low-power performance and functional scalability.
Kiis K series/MK (Cortex-M4) Kiis L series/MKL (Low power Cortex-M0) Kiis E series/MKE (5V Cortex-M0) Kiis EA series/MKEA (automotive grade products) Kiis W series/MKW ( Wireless interconnection, Cortex-M4/M0 products) Kiis M series/MKM (energy metering, Cortex-M0 products) Kiis V series/MKV (motor control products) Kiis Mini/Mini Package (tiny package) i.MX ARM Cortex-A /ARM9/ARM11 microprocessor i.MX suite processor is a single-core/multi-core solution based on ARM?, suitable for automotive electronics, industrial control, mid-to-high-end consumer electronics, e-books, ePOS, medical equipment, multimedia and display, As well as network communication and other applications, it has the characteristics of scalability, high performance and low power consumption. i.MX6: Cortex-A9 Core, i.MX 6 Quad, i.MX 6 Dual, i.MX 6 DualLite, i.MX 6Solo, i.MX 6 SoloLite i.MX53x: Cortex-A8 Core i.MX28x: ARM9 ?Core, dual CAN, Ethernet L2 switching, IEEE 1588. i.MX25x: ARM9? core Qorivva 32-bit microcontroller Qorivva MCU based on Power Architecture? technology adopts a powerful high-performance automotive device core architecture to build a rich series of products to meet the needs of various automotive applications. Qorivva MPC57xx Qorivva MPC56xx Qorivva MPC55xx MobileGT(51xx/52xx) 5xx controller sensor Freescale Semiconductor has more than 30 years of development history in the field of sensing, and its Xtrinsic products have created a new era in sensing technology. This latest brand of sensors is designed to perfectly combine intelligent integration, logic and customized software into the platform to provide smarter and more unique applications. Freescale's Xtrinsic brand of sensors demonstrates integrated algorithms, or platforms integrating multiple sensors and processors, with high-level environmental awareness and decision-making capabilities. Xtrinsic Sensing Solutions' products cover the automotive, consumer electronics, medical and industrial markets. Analog Electronics and Power Management Freescale offers analog mixed-signal and power management solutions that include monolithic integrated circuits using proven, high-volume SMARTMOS? mixed-signal technology, as well as solutions utilizing power, SMARTMOS? and MCU chips. System-in-package devices. Freescale products help extend battery life, reduce size, reduce component count, simplify design, reduce system cost and power advanced systems. Our broad portfolio of power management, highly integrated I/O, analog wiring, backlighting, networking, distributed control and power products are used in today's automotive, consumer electronics and industrial products. RF Freescale's RF product portfolio is very rich and is mainly used in wireless infrastructure, wireless personal area networks, general amplifiers, broadcasting, consumer electronics, medical, smart energy, military and industrial markets. We pioneered the development of RF technology and will continue to be a leader in leveraging the latest technologies to develop high-quality, high-reliability products with extremely high performance. Application fields Freescale's products are widely used in the following fields: advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Internet of Things (IoT), software-defined networking (SDN), automotive electronics, data connections, consumer electronics, industry, and medical /Health care, motor control, network, smart energy, etc.
Fabrication facilities Three wafer fabs: Texas --- Austin (two) Arizona --- Chandler Two assembly test fabs: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tianjin, China Americas and Europe Austin, Texas (2 ) Mexico Guadalajara Brazil Campinas Illinois Lake Zurich Phoenix Arizona. R&D and Support Centers: Europe, the Middle East and Africa Bucharest, Romania East Kilbride, Scotland Herzliya, Israel Munich, Germany Toulouse, France History Freescale was established in 2004 by the semiconductor division of the original Motorola. Motorola announced in October 2003 that it would spin off its semiconductor division, and in July of the following year, Freescale went public. Current Situation Freescale has branches in many cities in China, and sales offices are located in hot cities. By the end of 2013, *** had opened sales offices in 16 cities. There are design centers in Suzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu and Beijing. It also has a large-scale factory in Tianjin, mainly engaged in packaging and testing. It mainly provides products for the automotive, network, wireless communications, industrial control and consumer electronics industries. Through embedded processors and auxiliary products, we provide customers with complex and diverse semiconductor and software integration solutions, what Freescale calls "platform-level products." Freescale currently has 10,000 end customers worldwide, including more than 100 well-known original equipment manufacturers served by the company's own sales team, as well as other end customers served through thousands of agent networks. Freescale has 17,000 employees in more than 20 countries around the world. In 2004, Motorola Semiconductor became Freescale Semiconductor. University Project As the world's leading provider of embedded electronic solutions, Freescale Semiconductor has cooperated with domestic universities in technical training and application research since 1994. Currently, the automotive and standard Huai electronic product divisions have been established in Tsinghua University. , Fudan University, Shenzhen University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Tongji University established the Embedded Processor Development and Application Research Center (MAC). Since 2000, teaching experiment centers (MTC) have been gradually established in Beihang University, Zhejiang University and other schools. Every year, more than 10,000 students gain professional training and practical experience by learning Freescale's advanced products and development tools. Freescale also co-organizes the National College Student "Freescale" Cup Smart Car Competition. With Freescale Semiconductor as the co-organizer, the competition has been highly praised by relevant leaders of the Ministry of Education, Freescale leaders, and teachers and students of various universities. It has developed into a national competition with extensive participation by nearly 300 universities in 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country. Smart car competition for college students. Since 2008, it has been approved by the Ministry of Education to be included in the Science and Technology Humanities Competition in the National Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project Funding Project.