Spring cleanup and hopes
27
May
2021
This was a quiet month, with Microchip shedding about 10% of its PIC31MX/MZ portfolio. It is still 2,000 strong though. There are also rumors of ST releasing a very low cost STM32, below $0.32, but at what volume?
Dialog
Dialog got acquired by Renesas in February, no change to the portfolio.
Dialog got acquired by Renesas in February, no change to the portfolio.
Infineon
No change yet, before the merge storm with Cypress.
No change yet, before the merge storm with Cypress.
Microchip
Microchip shed about 10% of its PIC32MX/MZ portfolio this month through obsolescence notices. Is a writing on the wall for the PIC32MZ/X?
AVR32/64/128DB were the focus of new products together with ATTINY4/8.
Also, Microchip seems to be moving toward re-branding the Cortex-M based MCU to PIC32CM. So PIC32 is here for the long haul.
Microchip shed about 10% of its PIC32MX/MZ portfolio this month through obsolescence notices. Is a writing on the wall for the PIC32MZ/X?
AVR32/64/128DB were the focus of new products together with ATTINY4/8.
Also, Microchip seems to be moving toward re-branding the Cortex-M based MCU to PIC32CM. So PIC32 is here for the long haul.
Nordic
No change.
No change.
Nuvoton
No change.
No change.
NXP
NXP added a few options to its power house, the Cortex-M7 based i.MXRT1060. Details are still sketchy with the buy/parametrics table mostly empty.
NXP added a few options to its power house, the Cortex-M7 based i.MXRT1060. Details are still sketchy with the buy/parametrics table mostly empty.
Renesas
No change.
No change.
SiliconLabs
No change.
No change.
Spansion/Cypress soon Infineon
Cypress/Infineon released 6 variants in the PSoC64 (Cortex-M4), 26 variants of existing parts in the FM4 S6E2G series.
Cypress/Infineon released 6 variants in the PSoC64 (Cortex-M4), 26 variants of existing parts in the FM4 S6E2G series.
ST Microelectronics
ST deployed 8 STM32 variants of existing parts, nothing overly noticeable… but we have strong rumors of ST planning to release a below 32 cents STM32 MCU.
It remains to be seen at what volume. For now, the lowest cost 32-bit Cortex-M based MCU remains the Cypress/Infineon CY8C4013SXI-400 with $0.42@1k (from the Cypress Semiconductors website).
ST deployed 8 STM32 variants of existing parts, nothing overly noticeable… but we have strong rumors of ST planning to release a below 32 cents STM32 MCU.
It remains to be seen at what volume. For now, the lowest cost 32-bit Cortex-M based MCU remains the Cypress/Infineon CY8C4013SXI-400 with $0.42@1k (from the Cypress Semiconductors website).
Texas Instruments
TI only had a few minor variants this month.
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