At 09:30 AM 3/17/98 +0000, you wrote:
>    > Did y'all notice that motorola recently announced "the first" OTP
>    > microcontroller to sell for less than $0.50
>
>    This is a load of BS.  The lowly PIC54, in die form, in "real"
>    qualtities, is cheaper than $0.50 .
>
>I suspected that motorola picked their definition of "large quantities"
>very carefully :-)  Do you really consider a die to still be OTP?
>
>It's extremely clear that microchip's 12c508 focusses more effort on
>reducing system cost - it's the only chip I know of with an on-chip
>calibrated clock.
>
>    What other micros are priced under a Buck US$ in quantities?     I
>
>Digikey's lowest price was on one of the Z8 familly, I think.
>
>    Surely there is some asian foundry
>    still hammering out 4 bitters for a few pennies each?
>
>Not OTP...
Including Toshibas Stuff ?



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