Talk:Mostek

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Late breaking news. "Mostek Dies Another Death". The remainder of the original Mostek HQ site will be closed, it was announced today. This affects the jobs of approx 1000 employees at the Carrollton, TX site, many of whom are long-term employees who have survived several previous stages of the Life & Death of MOSTEK.

The article originally read: (United technologies) sold it again to SGS-ATES in 1981.

However the MostekLives site states that it was purchased not by SGS, but Thompson, and in 1985, not 1981. Anyone have more sources we can compare?

Maury 14:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

At the time, or perhaps shortly thereafter, it was SGS-Thompson, which is now STMicro. I'm not sure about the date. --Brouhaha 18:27, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thompson first bought Mostek from UTC in October, 1985. Mostek had indicated that it was going to close down and run out the fab line. A few days after that Mostek and Thompson came to an agreement and the company was sold. Thompson and SGS formed SGS-Thompson after that time. That company is now STMicroelectronics. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Colonyrice (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Etymology of the name

Does origin of Mostek name (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) need explanation? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.159.157.84 (talk • contribs) .

I think so. Please be bold and add an explanation!

Atlant 17:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese Inc

I think the term Japan Inc is obsolete, incorrectly suggesting that these companies were working together, and not neutral. The term is better suited for Anti-Japanese sentiment. Andries (talk) 23:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)