Motorola to do Splits in 2011

[JMcEntegart]

Motorola has finally provided more details regarding the company's plans to split into two independently trading companies.

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[loomis86]

Ok.
So one company will make phones, and the other will make TiVo and modems.

 

[ta152h]

It's always a little sad to see Motorola struggling or dividing. I think a lot people have a fondness for them, and their magnificent early processors like the 6809 and 68K family, which spawned great machines like the CoCo, Amiga, Atari ST, Mega, etc... lines, and even the Mac.

Now they're down to Modems and TiVo? Oh my. How sad.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

When I was in the military we used Motorola radios, walkie talkies, and other communications devices. Don't know what the Army uses now.

 

[starhoof]

[citation][nom]JohnnyLucky[/nom]When I was in the military we used Motorola radios, walkie talkies, and other communications devices. Don't know what the Army uses now.[/citation]
We use Motorola radios, but I'm a supply troop in the air force, not sure about the army

 

[velocityg4]

[citation][nom]JohnnyLucky[/nom]When I was in the military we used Motorola radios, walkie talkies, and other communications devices. Don't know what the Army uses now.[/citation]

Given that they did not invest in the engineering to keep pace with AMD and Intel I do not feel to sorry for them. Macs would still be using Motorola CPU's if they had pushed development of PowerPC. On the other hand it is quite nice to be able to dual boot my Macbook and have a Hackintosh gaming desktop. 😛

 

[ta152h]

[citation][nom]velocityg4[/nom]Given that they did not invest in the engineering to keep pace with AMD and Intel I do not feel to sorry for them. Macs would still be using Motorola CPU's if they had pushed development of PowerPC. On the other hand it is quite nice to be able to dual boot my Macbook and have a Hackintosh gaming desktop.[/citation]

Development of the POWERPC was primarily done at IBM, and IBM was kind of happy when Apple left.

If you look at POWER7, it rapes anything Intel has out, or will have out for a while. They are way ahead now. It's how things are, companies pass each other and fall behind. Apple was really pretty stupid for going to x86 when they did, not soon after it POWER based microprocessors passed x86 in most measures, and now destroy them. Didn't they see the roadmaps? I guess they just didn't believe them anymore.

 

[urlsen]

[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]Development of the POWERPC was primarily done at IBM, and IBM was kind of happy when Apple left. If you look at POWER7, it rapes anything Intel has out, or will have out for a while. They are way ahead now. It's how things are, companies pass each other and fall behind. Apple was really pretty stupid for going to x86 when they did, not soon after it POWER based microprocessors passed x86 in most measures, and now destroy them. Didn't they see the roadmaps? I guess they just didn't believe them anymore.[/citation]
Well put 8>

 

[Guest]

Motorola makes a lot more than Tivo and Modems...They still supply the majority of radio systems for Police/Fire/Private 2-way etc. They also acquired Symbol Technologies, ie every handheld UPS/Fedex/Most Major airlines/Point of Sale cash register barcode reader/Walmart etc. use...

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]stinkerbell[/nom]Motorola makes a lot more than Tivo and Modems...They still supply the majority of radio systems for Police/Fire/Private 2-way etc. They also acquired Symbol Technologies, ie every handheld UPS/Fedex/Most Major airlines/Point of Sale cash register barcode reader/Walmart etc. use...[/citation]
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