[sdiy] Re: CA3083 are close to RIP!!!!!!!!

[James Patchell]

Very Sad...

This is Fairchild though...what about Intersil (they also make it)...or do 
they both use die from the same fab?

At 01:06 AM 7/7/2005 +0200, you wrote:
>As if things wasn't baad enough with the demise of the
>CA3080 and CA3280, this is the reply i got from
>Fairchild semiconductor regarding the CA3083!
>
>:GOOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
>
>:Device CA3083 is being built from a die bank and will be discontinued.
>:I tried to get a time frame but no luck. I would guess that it would
>:be within the next 12 months.
>
>:Carl Sepp, Fairchild semiconductor
>
>Yes Ian, Jim was right we better buy a bunch
>of CA3083 for future use! (boooohooo) :-(
>
>Bloody hell, soon there is nothing old and farty left!
>
>Reg
>KD

         -Jim
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