It means nothing. We've been using the MCS51 family since ever and the last 
time i saw (or specified for a new design) an Intel member of such family 
was in 1993, if i recall correctly. There's actually more than 50 
manufacturers producing a 51 for every need http://www.keil.com/dd/. The 251 
is second sourced too. The same applies to the 386 and others, excepting 
maybe for the 960 (which was popular only in some niches as cars computers 
and VFDs).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerhard Fiedler" <lists@connectionbrazil.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [EE] No more Intel 8051, 80251, 80196, 80386, 80486, 80960


> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>
>> Interesting news.
>
>> http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QTQ1R241KS3IUQSNDBECKICCJUMEKJVN?articleID=188500905
>
>> http://developer.intel.com/design/pcn/Processors/D0106013.pdf
>
>> Product Change Notification
>> Change Notification #: 106013 - 01
>> Change Title: MCS(r) 51, MCS(r) 251 and MCS(r) 96
>> Microcontroller Product Lines, ...
>
> Have Intel-made processors held a relevant part of the 8051 market lately?
> It's been a while that I used one, but even then, Intel wasn't really an
> attractive manufacturer of 8051 processors. Is this expected to have any
> significant impact on the 8051 market?
>
> Gerhard
>
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