> 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.)
>
As the saying goes... don't count you're chickens before they hatch..
my experience with Motorola is bad... very bad.
Microchip have been helpful, good support, good tools, and moderate
pricing...granted not the cheapest, not that far away though and I
can get the projects out the door at a reasonable cost.

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Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Uni of Auckland
Psych Dept
New Zealand

www.psych.auckland.ac.nz

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