Re: Quote from Xilinx re: XPLA3

Suppliers don't become market leaders by discontinuing 90% of their
product lines.
There is a clear note in the document referenced that highlights
"selected products"; Altera is not obsoleting any product lines. We do
selectively prune ordering codes (i.e. speed grades, packages, or
extended temp products) when demand is extremely low; during this
process we issue product discontinuation notices (PCNs). Altera also
provides a site to search for all obsolete devices at:
http://www.altera.com/products/devices/common/dev-obsolete_device_search.html.
The actual number of obsoleted products is ~ 2% not 90%.

I think this site would be better served without incorrect competitive
FUD.

Dave Greenfield
Altera Corporation

 > Incidentally, why isn't it interesting when our main CPLD
competitor
> > announces discontinuing about 90% of their product line?
> > See page 29 of this:
> > http://www.altera.com/literature/nv/03nvq3.pdf
> > 
> > Jesse Jenkins, Xilinx CPLDs
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> > 
> > Good day!
> > 
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