24 Dec
2013
24 Dec
'13
7:47 a.m.
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 09:50:27AM -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
[...]
Nope, not a chance. 50 years from now we will still be
digging up tubes and
trays of NOS 8-bit microprocessors and related parts. Sure, a very small
percentage of oddball chips will dry up (some are well on their way already),
but all the off the shelf parts we know and love will still be around after
we have all been buried.
NOS? Some of the parts are so popular that they're still being made!