does this mean that piclist will have to merge with avrfreaks? :O just kidding :) anyway, i have never felt the need to use anything else than pics for 8 and= 16 bit parts.. i like the architecture so much, i find it easy to program = it in assembly (if i don't have to do some crazy math i usually use XC8/16 = to write routines prototypes and then just program them in assembly) and th= ere are so many advanced peripheals that i usually don't need the core to d= o anything, just move bytes around... Sometimes i ask myself what am i miss= ing but when i see the cost for single parts from competitors, briefly look= at datasheets and see that a pic will be just fine but it will cost like o= ne third of the price i just keep on using them what will them/us gain with this merger? what can atmel add? honestly, i don't know, i have no idea :) > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:15:04 +1300 > Subject: Re: [OT:] Microchip to aquire Atmel?? > From: rhprosser@gmail.com > To: piclist@mit.edu >=20 > And the official release from Microchip >=20 > http://www.microchip.com/investor/Pressrelease/Microchip%20Technology%20t= o%20Acquire%20Atmel.011916.pdf >=20 >=20 > RP >=20 > On 21 January 2016 at 08:59, Richard Prosser wrote: > > And, Again, > > Quoting directly from from Hackaday:- > > > > > > > > Microchip To Acquire Atmel for $3.56 Billion > > > > Just last week, there was considerable speculation that Microchip > > would buy Atmel. The deal wasn=92t done, and there was precedent that > > this deal wouldn=92t happen =96 earlier this year, Dialog made an appro= ach > > at Atmel. Now, though, the deal is done: Microchip will acquire Atmel > > for $3.56 Billion. > > > > There are three main companies out there making microcontrollers that > > are neither ancient 8051 clones or ARM devices: TI=92s MSP430 series, > > Microchip and Atmel. Microchip has the very, very popular PIC series > > microcontrollers, which can be found in everything. Atmel=92s portfolio > > includes the AVR line of microcontrollers, which are also found in > > everything. From phones to computers to toasters, there=92s a very high > > probablitiy you=92re going to find something produced by either Atmel o= r > > Microchip somewhere within 15 feet of your person right now. > > > > For the hobbyist electronic enthusiast, this has led to the closest > > thing we have to a holy war. Atmel chips were a little easier (and > > cheaper) to program, but were a little more expensive. Microchip=92s > > chips have a very long history and proportionally more proper > > engineers who are advocates. PIC isn=92t Arduino, though, a community > > that has built a large and widely used code base around the AVR > > family. > > > > Microchip=92s acquisition of Atmel follows several mergers and > > acquisitions in recent months: NXP and Freescale, Intel and Altera, > > Avago and Broadcom, and On Semiconductor and Fairchild. The > > semiconductor industry has cash and wants to spend it. What this means > > for the Atmel product line is left to be seen. The most popular micros > > probably won=92t be discontinued, but if you=92re using unpopular Atmel > > micros such as the ATtiny10 you might want to grab a reel or two > > before they=92re EOL=92d. > > > > > > RP > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Richard Prosser > > Date: 14 January 2016 at 21:14 > > Subject: [OT:] Microchip to aquire Atmel?? > > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > > > > > From Hackaday. > > > > > > > > RP >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .