Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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Re: Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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alenppc wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 6:46 pm ...
I have about 15x of the 288s stocked up at home and will most likely buy them from UTSource from now on. I will be definitely voting with my wallet here. By and large, digikey has lost me as a customer because of this crap.
That being said, I cringe when I receive these chips from china wrapped in cling-wrap then packed in a regular plastic bag. I know these chips are pretty hardy but c'mon!

If I get them from digikey they are in a proper tray in an antistatic bag with moisture control in another bag.
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Re: Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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dalek wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 1:03 am That being said, I cringe when I receive these chips from china wrapped in cling-wrap then packed in a regular plastic bag. I know these chips are pretty hardy but c'mon!

If I get them from digikey they are in a proper tray in an antistatic bag with moisture control in another bag.
Better than what RS sent them in this week.. grrr
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Re: Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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terriblefire wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 1:09 am
dalek wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 1:03 am If I get them from digikey they are in a proper tray in an antistatic bag with moisture control in another bag.
Better than what RS sent them in this week.. grrr
Received 2 Xilinx chips today from digikey, have a look at the packaging wow :-o
2 times 2cm square chips in a 33 x 23 x 23 cm box :crazy:
Have ordered these before and the box is usually less than half this size

Must have been reading this thread, and thought if we send it in a bigger box that will justify the 50aud (25 quid) chip price tag :lol:
Packaging for just 2 chips
Packaging for just 2 chips
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Re: Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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In its latest newsletter, EBV says that "Xilinx price increase on mature designs has been postponed until October 2020", maybe this is related?
http://tk-gm.com/Newsletter/EBV/2020_Co ... -logic.pdf
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Re: Xilinx pricing gone crazy

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Danoo wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 8:55 am Received 2 Xilinx chips today from digikey, have a look at the packaging wow :-o
2 times 2cm square chips in a 33 x 23 x 23 cm box :crazy:
Have ordered these before and the box is usually less than half this size
Yeah I was surprised to get a huge box for just 2 chips as well! Maybe they have a surplus of trays? :lol:
beel1 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 11:04 am In its latest newsletter, EBV says that "Xilinx price increase on mature designs has been postponed until October 2020", maybe this is related?
http://tk-gm.com/Newsletter/EBV/2020_Co ... -logic.pdf
Don't think they normally hike prices like what we saw, hoping that was just some algorithm misfiring due to recent events. Mouser is still at $90+, but they did hike their prices later as well..
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