For those using or interested in the fast ADC listed above, perhaps you are interested in the below pasted email fragment. I had heard rumors via multiple paths about the part possibly going out of production, and asked Robbie (who helped Rick Raffanti with the interfacing to Virtex 7 GTH SERDES) for clarification. I wanted to know since we are now investing further time in evaluating its performance.
This was his response, for what it is worth. > From Robbie Shergill, Hittite, now Analog Devices: > > 2. There is no truth to the rumor that the HMCAD5831 could be put on EOL (end > of life) status. Upon the merging of the two companies, we took a hard look > at the ADCs that Hittite had in its portfolio since ADI, as you may know, has > the largest ADC portfolio in the industry. A number of Hittite ADCs were put > on EOL status that had equivalent devices available in the ADI catalog and > which were not being actively designed in. The HMCAD5831 was not, as it is > quite a unique device.
