> >They don't want to sell their products for more than 1-2 years?
> >Wouter van Ooijen
> 
> The 8051 architecture is still one of the most popular 8 bit 
> microcontroller cores.  I spoke to an Atmal rep a few weeks 
> ago who said that their sales of 8051 micros far outstrip their AVR's.

The OP stated that they switched to AVRs for new designs. AVRs have a
moderately bad reputation for being phased our reqlatively soon
(compared to for instance PICs). Hence I joked that his employer
probably did not want to sell his products longer than a few years.

Wouter van Ooijen

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