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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by q3k on Monday October 13, 2025 @03:43PM (#45572529)
> I assume this is an entirely independent Chinese company.

It's worth noting that Nexperia is a spin-off of NXP (Dutch company) which itself is a spin-off of Philips' (Dutch company) semiconductor division.

It's also worth noting that Nexperia's Chinese owners (Wingtech) are at least partially state controlled.

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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by teekert on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:04PM (#45572739)
Perhaps also worth noting that ASML is also a spin-off of Philips.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by jacquesm on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:02PM (#45573308)
And that the two collaborate closely on all kinds of projects, and that NXP (the former owner of the business unit that became Nexperia) and Nexperia (the company that is the focus of this action) are both customers of ASML.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by khuey on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:14PM (#45573398)
Nexperia was also spun off to placate Chinese regulators back when Qualcomm wanted to acquire NXP, and then after the spin off the Chinese regulators still refused to approve the acquisition.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by galangalalgol on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:53PM (#45573746)
Does that mean teensy mcu are now chinese owned? That was one of the last non chinese mcu available.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by nudgeee on Monday October 13, 2025 @06:21PM (#45573963)
Teensy is based on iMXRT which are NXP, not Nexperia.
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