Back in march, Freescale was merged into/acquired by NXP.  As I take
it right now the Freescale still seem to operating normally. However,
both produce competing lines parts, so I think it is inevitable that
some parts will be phased out.

Has anyone heard any news regarding these two companies?

Since NXP is now running the show, I would think that Freescale's
products would be subject to "The Axe." But which ones? I couldn't
guess. Freescale produces a variety of parts (ie. for automotive
applications) which don't seem to have a comparable replacement by
NXP. Presumable NXP could axe every Freescale product overnight if
they wanted, but that is doubtful since there still is and will
continue to be non-trivial demand for all of Freescale's products.

[1] http://www.nxp.com/news/press-releases/2015/03/nxp-and-freescale-announ=
ce-40-billion-merger.html

>From [1] "Under the terms of the agreement, Freescale shareholders
will receive $6.25 in cash and 0.3521 of an NXP ordinary share for
each Freescale common share held at the close of the transaction."

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