Post by thread:[EE:] RAMTRON - Did the FM573/574 kick the bucket?

I was visiting Ramtron's web site (http://www.ramtron.com) recently and noticed that I cannot find any references to their Nonvolatile Octal Latch/Register products (FM573, FM574). [The FM573 and FM574 are innovative circuits that store inputs like conventional logic families, and then retain the stored state in the absence of power.] They were definitely real products since I have the data sheets and some DIP samples. Anyone know what happened to those neat products? Bob Axtell (I know you are a Ramtron user), have you heard? I'll send them an inquiry e-mail, but I thought I might find out faster from this list. Thanks, Ken Pergola -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spam_OUTlistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

At 11:29 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I was visiting Ramtron's web site (http://www.ramtron.com) recently and noticed >that I cannot find any references to their Nonvolatile Octal Latch/Register >products (FM573, FM574). > >[The FM573 and FM574 are innovative circuits that >store inputs like conventional logic families, and then >retain the stored state in the absence of power.] > >They were definitely real products since I have the data sheets and some DIP >samples. > >Anyone know what happened to those neat products? >Bob Axtell (I know you are a Ramtron user), have you heard? > >I'll send them an inquiry e-mail, but I thought I might find out faster from >this list. I didn't talk to them myself, but Rob Heagey said in March of this year: "I just spoke with an apps engineer from Ramtron, they canceled the product because of foundry problems and not enough orders were on the books." Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" .....speffKILLspam@spam@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

Spehro Pefhany wrote: > "...they canceled the product because of foundry problems and not enough orders were on the books." Hiya Spehro, Thanks very much for shedding light on this. It's sad to see an innovative product fall by the wayside. I appreciate your reply -- thanks again Spehro. Best regards, Ken Pergola -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu