LONDON — STMicroelectronics NV, Europe's largest semiconductor chip vendor, came top of a poll put to readers of EE Times Europe online asking which of three companies was the most likely to come under private equity control.
Readers were offered a choice of ST, Atmel Corp., and Infineon Technologies AG and it was a close run thing between all three companies throughout most of the polling period, with only 1 or 2 percent dividing the companies for much of the time. However, gradually ST pulled ahead.
The poll closed with 37 percent of voters expressing the opinion that ST is the most likely of the three to come under private equity control. Atmel was chosen by 34 percent of readers and Infineon was the selection of 28 percent of the voters.
The poll was set following developments at NXP BV (formerly the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics) and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly the semiconductor division of Motorola Inc.), which are now both under private equity control.
The EE Times Europe private equity poll has been replaced with one on the prospects for the holiday buying season.
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