I think 'til Microchip will be available thru DigiKey for a few thousand
pieces, and have a friendly salesperson who willing to talk You even if You
do not order 10 million pieces they are not going to have any problem.
PeterSSubject: coming death of microchip?


> http://www.eet.com/story/industry/semiconductor_news/OEG19991018S0042
>
> Upshot: motarola planning to ship $1 flash-based part soon, AND:
>
>     "All of our new designs will be flash-based instead of OTP
>     because we can offer this memory storage at about the same
>     price as the one-time programmable solutions," said Kilbane.
>
> I don't see how microchip can compete against that sort of thing unless
> they get a lot more agressive with new parts, lower prices, and better
> availability.  (Motarola isn't alone, of course.  Atmel and Scenix are
> also essentially flash-only suppliers.)
>
> BillW