You unfaithful sackheads!

Just how short is your memory?  Microchip has been really good at meeting
delivery.  With the one caveat, don't expect a part until it is fully
released to the public.

The phenomena that you are seeing now is that nasty trend called allocation.
The semiconductor slump ended abruptly, and all (I said ALL!) manufacturers
are feeling a bit of pressure to meet demand.  We were warned two months ago
by Microchip that allocation times were going out, and that we should get in
the pipe, and that the trend should be short lived.

Call your frigin distributor and ask them if life is peachy right now.  One
of my distys is having some allocation with discrete semi too.  So jump
ship.. Motorola has one of the worst allocation records in the industry!
Fools!

Like f__king rats off a ship.  Makes me sick.

Chris Eddy
Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.