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From: Leon on 25 Mar 2010 08:57
On 25 Mar, 11:20, Peter <nos...(a)nospam9876.com> wrote:
> They have doubled their prices and the lead times are 18 weeks.
>
> Yet, others are making them OK.
>
> Are Atmel trying to get out of the business?
> x----------x

They got rid of their fabs, and are now having to join the queue at
TSMC or wherever they get their chips made. They are probably having
to pay a lot more for them, because of demand for the manufacturing
facilities. Microchip have their own fabs, and seem able to keep up
with demand.
From: Bob Eld on 25 Mar 2010 17:19

"Peter" <nospam(a)nospam9876.com> wrote in message
news:9lhmq5plg1gr3sduo9n52mdi5g6iiqucqc(a)4ax.com...
> They have doubled their prices and the lead times are 18 weeks.
>
> Yet, others are making them OK.
>
> Are Atmel trying to get out of the business?
> x----------x

At one point Microchip was trying to buy Atmel. What ever happened to that?


From: Spehro Pefhany on 25 Mar 2010 17:30
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:19:46 -0800, "Bob Eld" <nsmontassoc(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>"Peter" <nospam(a)nospam9876.com> wrote in message
>news:9lhmq5plg1gr3sduo9n52mdi5g6iiqucqc(a)4ax.com...
>> They have doubled their prices and the lead times are 18 weeks.
>>
>> Yet, others are making them OK.
>>
>> Are Atmel trying to get out of the business?
>> x----------x
>
>At one point Microchip was trying to buy Atmel. What ever happened to that?

It fell through.

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?FileName=AtmelBoardofDirectorsResponse_10_29.html


From: TheM on 26 Mar 2010 09:52
"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message news:5elnq5d2ncjvs91v1cu5dmt5tbntuhefg3(a)4ax.com...
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:19:46 -0800, "Bob Eld" <nsmontassoc(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Peter" <nospam(a)nospam9876.com> wrote in message
>>news:9lhmq5plg1gr3sduo9n52mdi5g6iiqucqc(a)4ax.com...
>>> They have doubled their prices and the lead times are 18 weeks.

Is this limited to EEPROM/Memory only or uCPU as well?

Definitely worth considering getting out of AVR.
Do NPX ARM come with on-chip FLASH?

M


From: Rob Gaddi on 26 Mar 2010 12:13
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:52:33 +0100
"TheM" <DontNeedSpam(a)test.com> wrote:

> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
> news:5elnq5d2ncjvs91v1cu5dmt5tbntuhefg3(a)4ax.com...
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:19:46 -0800, "Bob Eld"
> > <nsmontassoc(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"Peter" <nospam(a)nospam9876.com> wrote in message
> >>news:9lhmq5plg1gr3sduo9n52mdi5g6iiqucqc(a)4ax.com...
> >>> They have doubled their prices and the lead times are 18 weeks.
>
> Is this limited to EEPROM/Memory only or uCPU as well?
>
> Definitely worth considering getting out of AVR.
> Do NPX ARM come with on-chip FLASH?
>
> M
>
>

If you're asking about the Cortex M3/M0 ones that they're price
targeting to go head to head with the 8-bitters, then yes. Though they
only have flash, they don't have the few bytes of EEPROM that the AVRs
threw in.

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