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Title: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: freqmax on March 09, 2014, 06:38:03 AM
The producer of chips like the m68k series may be affected by this:

CNN: No sign of Malaysia Airline wreckage; questions over stolen passports (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html)

Quote from: CNN
Twenty of the passengers aboard the flight work with Freescale Semiconductor, a company based in Austin, Texas. The company said that 12 of the employees are from Malaysia and eight are from China.
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: danbeaver on March 09, 2014, 02:23:40 PM
I am sorry to hear of their loss, they will be missed by their family, friends and the industry.
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: bloodline on March 09, 2014, 06:35:37 PM
These people would have little to do with the 68k chips... They've all been discontinued:

http://cache.freescale.com/files/shared/doc/pcn/PCN13644D.htm

-edit- here is a bit more about the old 68k fab: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/freescale-not-to-reopen-sendai-fab-after-japan-quake-2011-04/
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: ShK on March 09, 2014, 09:44:44 PM
Quote from: bloodline;760436
These people would have little to do with the 68k chips... They've all been discontinued:

http://cache.freescale.com/files/shared/doc/pcn/PCN13644D.htm

-edit- here is a bit more about the old 68k fab: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/freescale-not-to-reopen-sendai-fab-after-japan-quake-2011-04/


That's old information. The latest batch last order date is 21 Nov 2014.

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=930590&postcount=1081
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: Vlabguy1 on March 09, 2014, 10:54:10 PM
Quote from: freqmax;760413
The producer of chips like the m68k series may be affected by this:

CNN: No sign of Malaysia Airline wreckage; questions over stolen passports (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html)


Such horrible news..all around.  How can a plane that size just disappear without a trace.
Very sad :(.  

Rich
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Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: freqmax on March 10, 2014, 05:10:23 AM
Poor maintaince, sabotage, bad pilots, bad construction etc. I think it's too early to even hint at any cause. Most likely the oil strips will provide a location clue that can be followed up with sonar and radio localization. The black boxes sends a beacon signal for one month (asfair). But that will be tough to find in conductive seawater.

Once the black boxes (loggers) are found. It will likely provide clues to a new level.
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: danbeaver on March 10, 2014, 03:05:49 PM
Accidents happen and assigning blame does not cancel out the sad news of lives lost and the impact that it has on their loved ones; just because their work has no direct link to one's own work or hobbies is not a reason to minimize to their deaths.
Title: Re: Freescale semiconductor, 20 people dead
Post by: gertsy on March 11, 2014, 06:45:16 AM
It's natural to reason that it was incompetence or sinister.  otherwise it's too difficult to reconcile. "They" say the interrelational impact of an accident is ten fold. That's a lot of family, friends and work colleagues impacted.
Terrible sad news. If all are lost.