Lpc2000

I apologize for the delay in responding to this thread.  

In Q1, Philips was overwhelmed by a dramatic increase in demand as 
many new designs went to production simultaneously.  Even though we 
were able to increase our chip production significantly, we still 
were unable to keep up with the huge surge in demand.

We have increased production even further and are in the process of 
getting ahead of the demand.  By June, we should be completely 
caught up and leadtimes should return to the 4-6 week range.  

You should continue to expedite orders with your local 
distributors.  We are continually pulling in LPC2000 orders, so your 
local contacts may be able to get you parts sooner than the original 
confirmation date.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for the delays.  It is a 
testament to the success and acceptance of the LPC2000 family in the 
marketplace that we have seen such an increase in demand.  This 
forum is undoubtedly an important factor in that success.

We believe that we have enough die and assembly production capacity 
being put into place to keep leadtimes short and to keep our 
distributors' shelves stocked with the most popular parts in the 
future.

Sincerely,

Philips Microcontrollers Marketing and Sales


--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Gus" <gus_is_working@...> wrote:
>
> We have them ordered through Arrow. It is too late to do what you 
> are talking about. The problem is in philips and what scares me is 
> that I tried to cal but they kept forwarding my call to a 
different 
> phone numbers till I got to voice mail that never returned my 
cal!!!!
> 
> Can philips app just give us an estimate of what is going on. Does 
> philips understand how serious this is???????????????
> 
> 
> Gus
> 
> --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Lee, Ron" <rlee@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gus.
> > 
> > Are you buying your LPC parts directly from Philips or through a
> > distributor?  What did your Philips representative tell you?  I 
> know
> > Arrow and Future (other distributors probably do too) have bond 
> programs
> > where I can give them a forecast of when and how many parts I 
need 
> and
> > they will buy and store them for me at an agreed upon price.  I 
> haven't
> > had a problem with parts except when I DIDN'T provide a forecast 
> and
> > needed to ship a lot quick.
> > 
> > Ron
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lpc2000@yahoogroups.com] 
On 
> Behalf
> > Of Gus
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:44 AM
> > To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [lpc2000] Re: in production and no chips available !!!
> > 
> > We are in USA and yes we had a delivery date 12 weeks ago and it 
> is 
> > 2 weeks too late now.
> > 
> > Gus
> > 
> > --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Joerg Schulze-Clewing" 
> > <joergsch@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Gus,
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Do you know that there is no chips in the market at all????
> > > > 
> > > > We are in production and not chips to get. We have ordered 
> chips 
> > 12 
> > > > weeks ago and we were just told we have to wait 12 to 20 
> > weeks!!!!!!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Did they confirm a delivery date when you ordered? If yes and 
> it's
> > > past that date I'd call a manager at that distributor, then 
> > Philips if
> > > they don't offer a reasonable explanation or don't commit to a 
> firm
> > > ship date.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Does anyone know what is going on?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No, but my distributor also shows no stock on the 2134. They 
> also 
> > show
> > > no lead time which is usually worrisome.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > These are the chips I can't find
> > > > 
> > > > LPC2144
> > > > LPC2148
> > > > LPC2134...we MUST have 1000 chips ASAP
> > > > LPC2138
> > > > 
> > > > So should we even design using phillips chips??
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Could be a one-time production glitch. Personally I am always 
> > cautious
> > > about single source and most uC unfortunately are single 
> sourced. 
> > That
> > > is one reason why I often designed in mature processors (8051 
> > family).
> > > 
> > > Regards, Joerg
> > > 
> > > http://www.analogconsultants.com/
> > >
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