Re: TI Selling Defense Section

[Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>]

Michael Levasseur wrote:
> 
> I read in a magazine last week that TI was going to sell its
> defense electronics divisions and get completely out of the defense
> business.
> 
> I wonder if there are any ramifications for the Tartan Ada compilers?
> I know they bought Tartan six months ago. Are they planning on
> selling, abandoning or "letting whither on the vine" Tartan's Ada
> existing compiler's?
> 
> If TI is only going to make commercial equipment, will Tartan still
> continue to build new Ada and even Ada95 compilers for new target
> hardware? And if they will I wonder how aggressively and where on
> Tartan's list of priorities Ada will be????

Due to proprietary constraints, most of your questions will probably
not be answered by anyone who knows.

However, it is public knowledge that Tartan provides Ada compilers for
TI's successful line of DSPs. These DSPs are used commercially. Assuming 
an adequate market for Ada programs on TI DSPs, it would seem reasonable 
that TI would want Tartan to stay in business.

I would like to think that TI will be sending something to Tartan's
customers about their plans for the Tartan lines, in order that such
speculation could be put to rest.

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