On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 09:33:48AM +0200, Morten Leikvoll wrote: > >I am in the Cortex M3 hell with the TI/Luminary LM3S5T36 which has a > >lead time of 140 days (even for samples and I am at the halftime) which > >mean, I can not complete 11 differnt types of prototypes, to test and > >certify it and go into production in February 2011. And if you will need > >between 2000-5000 pcs per month you can imagine the losts... > > Eek! > > >I have work for 25 hours a day and do not know the "Economic Crises" but > >I am affected in all directions... > > It's really annoying. Our Altera FPGA's also have half a year lead > time. Someone at top level at the die factories should be fired for > bad planning!
Are you saying they failed on a contractual deliverable, or that purchasing didn't confirm the order you'd like tomorrow 179 days ago? > I wonder why it takes so long to reboot the factories they shut during > the critical times. Did they tear them down? Maybe they laid off all the people? Now they need to find & hire good people, train, calibrate lines, evaluate operations, correct/optimise, build volume... Perhaps you are better off without the first few trays to come off a newly configured line? Perhaps the factories need to order in advance from their supply-chain too? > > >I asume you or your enterprise too... > > We have to buy the MCU's at the spot marked, wich means currently an > additional $30-40 extra each (normal price ~$7)... and prices are > increasing as overstock gets harder to find :( Ouch! That may also explain the increased volume of targetted spam from (new) agents looking for excess inventory recently. > > (sorry for the off topic thread) Many good systems have a safety-valve ;-) Daniel %<---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Morris - Sales & Marketing Director eCosCentric - The eCos and RedBoot experts Tel: +44 1223 245 571 - i...@ecoscentric.com DDI: +44 1269 591 171 - dani...@ecoscentric.com **** Visit us at Embedded Live http://www.embedded-live.com **** **** Oct 20-21 on Stand #211 at London Earls Court **** eCosCentric Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 4422071, VAT number GB 811 6278 42, registered address Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge CB5 8UU, UK. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
