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Latest news I am hearing about Fairchild's acquisition is that China Resources Holdings Co. along with some others has made an offer of $21.7 per share of Fairchild.
Earlier ON Semiconductor had offered $20 per share of Fairchild which amounted to a total of $2.4 billion. Another suitor for Fairchild was Infineon. There may be more.
So finally who's buying this child and who should buy?
China is serious about the semiconductor business. There is a much bigger story here, especially with TSMC building a leading edge fab in China. I hope ON Semi is successful here. I would hate to see semiconductor history leave the United States.
Definitely an interesting company. Heavy on analog, AMS, power management, sensors and discretes which is not a bad place to be these days (just ask TI). Don't know so much about market share. TI has gobbled up a lot of that but Fairchild could be an interesting starting point for a company want to build a base of analog/power expertise.
Fairchild is as old as TI, and is one among initiators of semiconductor transistors and ICs with Robert Noyce leading the very first team. It's a matter of time how business turns the fortune of a company.
It was merged with National Semiconductor and then again spun-off from there. National merged with TI. Fairchild still remains independent, what happens tomorrow is to be seen.
