Post #2228471

@rc2014@oldbytes.space i suspect it’s a perfect storm, the larger process fabs are seen as uneconomic, so a lot of older chips are going EOL as a result. There’s also a move away from DIP and PLCC packages towards QFP, QFN,BGA and other packages intended for machine assembly. Then there’s the DRAM is silly money, let’s cash in on SRAM too, and a minor disagreement in the Middle East causing chaos with supplies of all sorts of stuff, including raw materials used in chip production. Also, just in case you’re not aware, DIP versions of SST39SF0x0 chips are EOL, last time buy is early July.