Where can I go (if anywhere) to see a simple, comprehensive list of new chips that have been released by manufacturers? Perhaps updated on a weekly or daily basis?
I've looked at some of the magazine sites like EDN or Electronic products but what info they have is hard to find and not really in a simple "new chips" format. (If anything like that exists).
Something on the web somewhere maybe? Like a one page "here they are" ?
I do get emails from TI etc but that's a lot of email to go through.
Most of the manufacturers have a "what's new" section of their web site, but they are all different. Some call it "press releases." I hit most of the relevant ones (LTC, Analog, TI, On, Fairchild, etc) at least once a month to see what's going on.
Somebody could do a web site that summarized all new IC selections, sorted by function, and maybe make a little money selling links.
I bet some semi manufacturers would pay you a penny a click or some such, and you could have links to distributors who stock the parts, ditto. Plus the usual google click things.
The trick would be to produce a professional looking, credible demo and business plan and convince a few majors to sign up. A thing like this needs critical mass.
Or do it for free initially, get a lot of traffic, and then ask for pay-per-click. Add some content too, like featured parts, reviews, links to appnotes, whatever. I'd love a site like this.
Ooh... the killer feature that would multiply your traffic tenfold: bug reports.
Most of the "new" chips are not available anyhow, so such a list would be totally useless.
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Most semis are available when announced, and samples are usually available before the public announcment. Exceptions are usually big-time digital stuff, like FPGAs and Intel chips.
Umm... Don, it's one of the main reasons why we engineers spend a bit of our $$$ time reading trade magazines. Not only do new devices enable new products and designs, but they may suggest related novel ideas and illuminate market trends. Ignoring this stuff is even more $$$$, of course.
I'm sure you appreciate that it helps dissipate the dark and dank "gu" in favor of the bright "ru". ;-)
Aside, perhaps, from companies like M*x*m, availability vs. press release date is typically timed so that a current design-in won't be a problem-- often samples have been available for some time already to important customers, typically under NDA.
For the purchasing guys/gals that could be a useful site, like findchips, octopart and other similar sites. Not of very much use for designers except to confirm low-quantity availability. So far, AFAICT, none of those websites seems to index the manufacturer's direct sales sites. That's one of the better ways to get the really high-end analog etc. chips from outfits such as LTC. And, unfortunately, no Asian disties, just domestic North American and sometimes European.
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What we see lately is manufacturers and their reps practically forcing samples on us, generally with eval boards.
We just got that package on the new TI integrated switching regulators, the tall dpak-type things that have inductors and everything inside, similar to the LTC gadgets.
When I do design for a customer.... I give only enough information as necessary to the local distributors and they tell me what chips are relevant for the application and they do the work can come back with suggested offerings. Less work for me.
The local distributors get to know what I'm interested in and target me specifically with new parts that are generally relevant to my applications.
That is the smart way to work. Good interpersonal relationships so that = your=20 suppliers happily do useful work for you (in reasonable hope of getting = sales).
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