On Thursday 02 October 2008 21:35, Bob Paddock wrote: > My boss just came in my cube in a panic asked "What have > you heard about Microchip and On Semi. buying Atmel? > Is this going to be a problem for us?" > > He is worried that Microchip will kill the AVR, that > we use by the tens of thousands per year. Although it is unlikely that the will stop production of a chip that is sure business, they can easily stop innovation and development in that direction. AVR is still very much "alive and kicking", and it should stay that way.
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210605267 It is realy bad news. I sincerely hope the management of Atmel is able to withstand the pressure and keep off this deal. Ruud. _______________________________________________ AVR-chat mailing list AVR-chat@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat
