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If you check the inventory of a company like TI, it seems as if their manufacturing went offline overnight. You can not find TI parts anymore on Digikey. Same f
by flyinglizard 5y ago
If you check the inventory of a company like TI, it seems as if their manufacturing went offline overnight. You can not find TI parts anymore on Digikey. Same for ST. This is unthinkable. Only some companies that are a bit more specialized and upmarket like Analog Devices still have some stuff left.
I wonder what would be the long lasting effect for these companies where entire products will get redesigned around what's available - many times these product designs live for 5-10 years. How many companies had to get TI parts out of their products? How's that going to affect TI revenue in few years time?
- etaioinshrdlu 5y agoMeh, there are thousands of microcontrollers from TI available, in stock, on digikey. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/embedded-microcontrollers/685?s=N4IgjCBcoLQExVAYygFwE4FcCmAaEA9lANogCsI%2BAnCALoC%2B%2BME0IKkAZgIYA2AznkIkQcKgDY69KUA https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/embedded-microcon... Many of them have quantity thousands in stock. Especially the MSP430 line. Granted, maybe the chips you need are not available, but you're exaggerating a bit.
- flyinglizard 5y agoTI PMICs, about 1800 parts in stock, out of 3700 “normally stocking”. TI temperature sensors, 300 in stock out of 600 normally stocking. It’s the often used parts that go first. But let’s put TI aside for a second: search STM32, there are 45 parts out of 1571 normally stocking (!).