I know I asked about this quite some time ago, so the archives should have 
some info.  I don't know the specifics of those Atmel chips, but the MSP430 
line comes to mind as being in a similar category.  Can't say much about 
pricing at 10k pieces, but it's always been my impression that the 12F and 
16F PICs are some of the lowest-cost MCUs around.

BTW, I believe that there is a tag for [AVR] as well.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Friday 12 August 2005 12:49 am, Chen Xiao Fan scribbled:
> Right now my colleagues in Germany are looking for small
> MCUs to replace Atmel AVR. We are again facing delivery
> problems with Atmel AVRs even though the price is good
> and we have lots of code base for AVR. Somehow Atmel
> is always fulfilling the requirements of big white
> goods company first and ignore smaller customers. This
> situation is quite similar to last time when the
> price of Flash was hot back 4 or 5 years ago.
>
> Of course I suggest them to use PIC and Silabs MCU just
> as we use here in Singapore but they seem to not quite
> like PIC (because they like AVR?) and Silabs MCU is on the
> higher side of the price range.
>
> Requirement: to replace AtTiny 26, AtTiny 2313, AtMega48/88
> 1) maxim 5x5mm QFN, 14 to 32 pin package
> 2) similar in features to the AVR parts. Industrial temperature.
> Essential requirement is with built-in comparators and/or ADCs,
> internal oscillators and low cost (<=US$2 in 10k quantity)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Xiaofan


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