Lpc2000

Thanks, Philips_marketing_usa. Our purchasing guy just told me we 
received a partial shipment (80%) of our LPC2138 order on time. It's 
not as bad as I thought. Keep pumping out more LPC2138. We have 
another project in August I want to use either the LPC2136 or 
LPC2138.

Mike

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "philips_marketing_usa" 
<philips_marketing_usa@...> wrote:
>
> 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/
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
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