[sdiy] Death of Philips analog

[M.A. Koot]

Wauw, there are some pretty famous ones in that list. Are you sure it means
that they won't be produced anymore?

cheers,
Michiel

> There was a large fire in the Caen fab (whereever that is). The grim
> details are in  a PDF file called "Special Caen Fire Notice DN51". Not
> only is the NE5517 dead, but also:
> 
> NE5532 (ack!)
> DAC-08 (ack!)
> LM311
> LM324
> LM1458
> et etc etc
> 
> basically, all the old, vintage linear ICs I grew up with in the 70s and
> 80s. All wiped out (well, from Philips anyway).
> 
> Not to panic, I have 100s and 100s of NE5517s for my modules. But you
> better get them NOW!!
> 
> On a positive note: check out the ARM7-based controllers that have 128K
> FLASH, 64K (!!!) RAM and are $13ea!
> 
> www.lpc2100.com
> 
> Paul S.
> 

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