EE Times - The official announcement of the ARC shift in "focus" is mentioned in EE Times. I realize EE Times is not a "daily read" for 99.9% of the public. *grin* Note the second to last paragraph:
"Operations deemed to be outside the focus areas will be curtailed, ARC said. For example, its USB design effort will conclude with a product release in the second quarter. The project will be moved to sustaining status and transferred to an engineering group in England."
Translation, we're stopping the USB design effort that comes out of Nashua in the middle of the year. If I'm to stay on with ARC, my day to day work will be much more focused on the processor side of the company.