Get /real/ cozy with a microchip rep who is reliable and knowledgable.
 That's about the best answer you can get.

The only other thing to note is that every time something new is
supposed to be out there is a flurry of "where is it" posts to this
list.  If Microchip says it will be shipping in a particular quarter,
chances are good it won't be shipping in quantity until the end of the
next quarter, and the hobbyists won't be getting it for another quarter.

If it's supposed to be released in march/april, and you want to have
boards done by may I'd suggest you start programming that other part.
 You'll thank yourself a thousand times over even if it ships on time.

BTW, what other chip is pin compatible?

-Adam

info wrote:

>Hi all
>I am working on a project that will use a pic18f85xx that is not
>supposed to be sampling till march/April.
>
>My question is this!
>
>How good is microchip at keeping to it's sample and then release silicon
>timescales. While we are designing the board to take a pin compatible
>(but not the long term part we want to use) part we can't afford to have
>the project pushed back 6 months or so because microchips timescales
>were wrong.
>
>Has anyone else had details on actual release dates of the new 18f6x2x
>and 18f8x2x parts.
>
>Thanks
>Alan
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