NXP name dropped as ST-Ericsson powers ahead

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Sandbridge Technologies CTO & EVP. A fabless semiconductor company building SDR baseband processors.

NXP name dropped as ST-Ericsson powers ahead

EE Times reports STMicroelectronics NV and Ericsson have named their 50:50 joint venture that combines the efforts of Ericsson Mobile Platforms with ST-NXP Wireless — ST-Ericsson. They took our tongue-in cheek advice not to call the new group Saint Eric, but, as expected, the NXP name is to be phased out. Let’s hope the same doesn’t happen to NXP’s EVP!