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The name of the prospective buyer could not be
learned, the New York Post said.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that Samsung Electronics may
consider buying Freescale, which makes chips used in
automobiles, consumer products, telecommunications
infrastructure and industrial equipment.
Freescale went public in 2011 after being taken private in 2006
for $17.6 billion in a leveraged buyout by a group of private
equity firms that included Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and
TPG Capital.
Freescale Semiconductor, its private-equity owners and Samsung
Electronics were not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Zara Mascarenhas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil
Nair)
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