> Will the merged companies now stop production of PPC [...]?

Yesterday (in the course of the merger completion), NXP uploaded (older) PPC-related videos to their official Youtube channel, like for instance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McuhqxyTsmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNmqQ47fBis

This indicates that the merged companies won't stop PPC production in the near future.