() is an
American Semiconductor manufacturer. It was created from the semiconductor product sector of
Motorola during
2004 . Freescale focuses on the
Embedded and communications markets for their chips.
Motorola announced the spinoff on
October 6 2003 . Freescale completed its
IPO on
July 16 2004 and is now trading on
NYSE under the
Symbol FSL.
Freescale has also been a source of
PowerPC microprocessor chips for Apple Computer Inc's PowerBooks and Mac Mini products until the
Apple Intel Transition in 2006.
