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  • Timothy D. SwieterTimothy D. Swieter Posts: 1,613
    edited 2010-05-23 10:47
    On the topic of small microcontrollers: www.elektor.com/news/world-s-smallest-flash-microcontroller-package.1359110.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-05-23 11:05
    Given Atmel's track record I doubt if it will be available for a year or two.

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  • Timothy D. SwieterTimothy D. Swieter Posts: 1,613
    edited 2010-05-23 11:08
    The article said available now. Clicking on the "Check Distributor Inventory" on the Atmel product pages reveal inventory at distributors.

    [noparse][[/noparse]url]http://www.stkcheck.com/evs/atmel/atmelheader2.asp?mfg=atmel&part=ATtiny4[noparse][[/noparse]url]

    However all the other Atmel micros I was interested in purchasing in a recent Digikey order weren't in stock and won't be for a couple months!

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-05-23 11:22
    They mean that some of the earlier 6-pin Tiny chips are available, not those new ones.

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  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2010-05-23 12:48
    Leon said...
    Given Atmel's track record I doubt if it will be available for a year or two.

    Atmel was reportedly in the red until recently.· I know they are working at selling off one of their divisions.

    If·bankruptcy ever·happens, I might get a t-shirt made that says, "How do I program that other microcontroller?" but then the art crowd might find it highly offensive.· It is only meant to be a good and fun joke but the reality is that we can't take everything for granted.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-05-23 17:30
    Atmel seems to be blessed with good engineering and cursed with bad management. In the worst-case scenario, I'm sure the AVRs won't disappear: the designs will simply be bought up by another foundry. (Microchip offered to buy the company out awhile back, but Atmel rejected their overtures.) Atmel's stock has yo-yo'd quite a bit, but they seem to be hanging on, albeit still in the red profit-wise.

    -Phil
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-05-23 18:33
    They made a small profit in the first quarter of this year, after being in the red for several years. Microchip has always been highly profitable.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-05-23 19:07
    Leon, you're right about the first quarter. I was looking at the EPS(ttm) figure, which covers the previous twelve months to date and, as a result, is still negative. Hopefully, the first quarter is a harbinger of things to come. (But Microchip has been, and will continue to be, a mainstay in my retirement portfolio.)

    -Phil
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