>
>
> what will them/us gain with this merger? what can atmel add?
> honestly, i don't know, i have no idea :)
>

The ARM Core and a licence for 8051.
They do have some nice peripherals and memory devices too.

A Controller with the best of both could be an interesting development but
I doubt we will see any difference in the short term.
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