AVR-Chat

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org> wrote:
>
> There are actually a few applications where I use a PIC instead of an AVR
> (the 10F200 is nice).
>
> IF Atmel gets bought out, it would be stupid for them to discontinue AVR's
> though.  When a product is selling, you don't stop making it. Hopefully
> the only thing that might come out of it is better support for the AVR's.
>

Rest assured that they will keep AVR lines along with ARM lines.

Microchip's Sanghi: Why we want Atmel
      http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210605543&cid=NL_eet

And if the bid is successful, the AVR user can have a more stable
supplier and not worry about product obsolescence. In my previous
job, our German counterpart are using AVR almost exclusively
but was burned when Atmel obsoleted all the AT90S. Now
Atmel is much better (but just obsoleting some 5V EEproms
causing redesign in my current job) but Microchip is famous to
keep their product long life.

Microchip knows the value of AVR (often cheaper and better
than many PIC12/16/18). They will keep it and expand it.

Xiaofan