[sdiy] MN3207 and MN3102 Reissues

[Metrophage]

This reminds me of some very funny conversations I had a few years ago
with some people at Analog Devices! I asked them whether or not they
acquired all of the properties of Precision Monolithics way back when
that purchase happened. They said "yes", they bought everything. So
next I mention that if they acquired everything, that that would
include the SSM2040 - they'd likely have masks for it somewhere! The
folks I was talking with sounded weird... they said "but we never
produced any of those ICs, that was PMI". So I say "if you bought all
of what was PMI, then that would include even PMI properties which ADI
never produced, yes? Such as perhaps the SSM2040". This got me lots of
"hmmm...." I figure that ADI does own the 2040 technology, but whether
or not they have any idea about masks might be another matter. Still,
others there might be more knowledgable about this.

CJ


--- "Cornutt, David K" <david.k.cornutt at boeing.com> wrote:
> 2.  Getting the masks.  First, you have to get the rights
> from the design copyright holder.  The Intels and Nationals
> of the world still hold rights to lots of things that are
> out of production, and for some reason they often don't
> seem to be very interested in licensing even though it
> would be essentially free money for them.  Then there's
> the practical problem of actually getting the masks in
> a CAD format that is compatible.  This gets to be a problem
> if you are going back further than about 1985, and it's
> really a problem for pre-1975 parts that were all hand drawn.



		
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