That is always true when the original founder(s) dies.
Howard Vollum and Tektronix (now owned by Dahaner). Not as much a pale shadow as HP though.
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard and HP
Melville Eastham and General Radio (now entirely defunct)
And then there is the name change game:
Motorola becomes ON-Semi
Hitachi and Mitsubishi merge to become Renesas Technology, which then merges with NEC to become Renesas.
Philips Semiconductor becomes NXP
Then there is the acquisition game. Foremost among these is Vishay, who buy anything that is up for sale in electronic components both active and passive.
I could stand on this particular soapbox for a long time.....
Craig
Howard Vollum and Tektronix (now owned by Dahaner). Not as much a pale shadow as HP though.
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard and HP
Melville Eastham and General Radio (now entirely defunct)
And then there is the name change game:
Motorola becomes ON-Semi
Hitachi and Mitsubishi merge to become Renesas Technology, which then merges with NEC to become Renesas.
Philips Semiconductor becomes NXP
Then there is the acquisition game. Foremost among these is Vishay, who buy anything that is up for sale in electronic components both active and passive.
I could stand on this particular soapbox for a long time.....
Craig
