The distributor who gave me the Signetics books was Scott McDonald
from Hamilton Avnet, (408) 743-3366.

				Erwin

Signetics had me call Bill Mullins at Magna Sales at 727-8753.

Bill was not in but I got good service from Rebecca.

Rebecca says that Signetics expects to sample their 68010 4Q '86 and have 
production quantities 1Q '87. They promise to be competitive with Motorola 
which, according to Rebecca, is currently the sole source for 68010s.
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We have been paying about $15 for the 68010L8 (although we have paid
as low as $13.75 .)

From a conversation with Amy Davidson from Motorola on 7/31/86:

She gave the following 68010L8 prices to Melanie Martin:

	 2500		5K		10K
	------		-----		-----
	$23.75		$21.90		$20.35


I told her that I would be making a decision very soon on whether
to use one or two 68010s in a project I was working on (the second
one for audio) and that at $20 I doubted I would use two.

She said that Motorola would be coming out with a Plastic 68010L8
in 1Q '86 for $15 (10K quantity). 

She said something could be worked out so that if they didn't have the
plastic part by then, they would sell us the ceramic part at the
price of the plastic part.

I told her that I did not have the authority to negotiate that kind
of agreement and that I would pass it up the chain of command.


	Jed


p.s. - For a 10 MHz 68010 Motorola wants $34.50 (10K quantity), 
       For a 12 MHz part they want $99 (10K quantity).