20 employees of Freescale Semiconductor of Texas were aboard missing Malaysia Airlines plane

http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/03/20_employees_of_freescale_semi.html | on March 08, 2014 at 6:55 PM, updated March 08, 2014 at 7:35 PM | AP

[montag813]

That’s terrible, but why does a US company have that many foreign employees?

On the bright side, might be a good time to send them a resume! /sarc

[Mariner]

Eh.

Wrong place at the wrong time.

It was some crazy A Rab and/or Nutjob Islamist. Or two.

He?they wanted to die and kill to prove a point that nobody else agrees with.

That, and nothing else.

It doesn't take a worldwide conspiracy to make another silly-assed Islamist terror action.

That's why we should kill all of them.

[Paladin2]

That is certainly a policy question, especially for companies that have corporate jets.

[ConservativeMan55]

Thanks for that info

[2ndDivisionVet]

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[BuckeyeTexan]

Phil’s dad, Aubrey, lives about . 25 mile from me. I’ll be taking a care package to them tomorrow. If anyone wants to send words of encouragement, please freepmail me.

[devolve]

Wild Bill died shot in the back
with his S&W Model 2 32rf
still in a holster

Put your back to the wall and carry your Colt Navy .36
Sarah Brady is sneaking up behind you right now

[MarMema]

leaders in embedded processing solutions

So why do you want these employees in your power? What can they do?

[MarMema]

Freescale makes the world's smallest ARM controller chip even tinier

[MarMema]

Looks like you were wrong. Now I am certain this is a hijack...

[MarMema]

Semiconductor firm’s top management onboard missing MAS flight

No doubt now that this is what it was about....

[MarMema]

Freescale Releases Its First 11 RF Power Products Suitable for U.S.-Based Defense Market Applications

March 3rd, 2014

[MarMema]

Freescale RF has launched a major initiative dedicated to serving the RF power needs of the U.S. aerospace and defense (A&D) sector, and has established a team of specialists dedicated to supporting defense customers.

Freescale's commercial products can meet the requirements of applications such as:

Battlefield communications

Avionics

HF through L- and S-Band radar

Missile guidance

Electronic warfare

Identification, friend or foe (IFF)

[ilovesarah2012]

Doesn’t really sound like an “American” company.

[motoman]

Their operation in Malaysia is a final packaging/ssembly/test/ facility. The majority of their wafer fab (front end) operations are stateside. They are one of the top microcontroller suppliers to the automotive electronics business.

[Gaffer]

Can you imagine the future of Freescale Semiconductor if it turns out that a large portion of their Board of Directors was on that airplane?

That would present a problem. However, to me if the 20 people were design engineers, manufacturing and production engineers experienced in chip foundry applications and applications engineers, I'd think that would be more harmful for the company.

[jsanders2001]

> Their operation in Malaysia is a final packaging/ssembly/test/ facility. The majority of their wafer fab (front end) operations are stateside. They are one of the top microcontroller suppliers to the automotive electronics business.

Maybe the chips that allow the feds to take over so the of the functions of the newer vehicles maybe ala Michael Hastings style?....: )

[MarMema]

And they have a special team devoted to US defense operations, it says on their website.

[jsanders2001]

Brain implant capabilities?

[MarMema]

On their website it says Freescale had a special team working with US defense. I don’t know much at all about electronics..