--- In Jesse Off <> wrote:
> However, TS has been in direct contact with Cirrus Logic and here's
some
> facts:
>
> *) Cirrus Logic has indeed stopped all marketing of the EP9302 and
will
> no longer will support new customers. My theory is that Cirrus got
> burned on supporting lots of incompetent hardware and software
designers
> and over-estimated the capabilities of their typical customer
base.
> *) Cirrus Logic has also stopped further development of ARM chips.
What
>
> *) Cirrus will not stop producing the EP9302. It is produced on a
very
> common and popular process and they have many important customers
other
> than TS using it. We were told they will never EOL the chip, but
we've
> found you can't really trust any more than about 5 years from the
last
> time a silicon company says "never".
>
> *) Even if they EOL in 5 years, TS will make a last time buy which
would
> allow us to keep shipping for another 3 years.
>
> So realisitically, there is at least another 8 years left in the
TS-7000
> product line. The Cirrus processor is still a very competitive
chip 5
> years after its release. The issue is that distributors no longer
have
> any incentive to push it and spreading FUD about its demise is
natural
> albeit untrue.
>
> Hopefully this clears up some confusion.
>
> //Jesse Off
>
Hi,
That's good news. I was pretty unhappy about the investment we'd made
based on these boards only to see them appear to be going obsolete.
Thanks for clarifying the score on that.
regards.
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