>> Well the pricing of S3A+SPI flash compared to S3AN seems to support this...
>> Single-chip and single-supply are nice, but not if the additional cost is several times that of
>> external regulator/flash!
>
>What pricing do you have for these parts? I'm not clear on which are
>saying is the expensive option.

Last time I looked at pricing on Digikey, the AN was noticeably more then the A plus the cost of an
SPI flash - this was a while ago though.


>> >The only issue may be availability, but then I have never found *any*
>> >FPGA that they maintain significant amounts of stock at all times.
>> >Mouser sells Lattice, but the inventory is mostly at Lattice and is
>> >drop shipped.
>>
>> Farnell also list several Lattice devices, so availability appears to at least be better than
>> Xilinx.
>
>Xilinx should be as available as the others, no?

Findchips.com search for xc3s50a shows 7 lines in stock at 2 distributors
Findchips.com search for LFEC1 (Lattice) shows about 20 lines in stock at 4 distis.