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| JPortici:
I registered with the company email but i don't get to order samples automatically, i get it, even though i filled in all sorts of data given that i registered as a business. I see that i have to open a case through support to get approval, ok. I fill the form, send it and the answer it's "declined" can i understand why? no, there is no way to know. But i can still buy them! (no shit) Why i wanted to enter the sampling program? because last i checked there were many parts i was interested in that were even in stock (in theory) but that i couldn't buy for some unknown reason, but i could request samples. Why do i want samples? because they're one offs / prototypes. Why TI? because sadly they are the perfect fit. |
| voltsandjolts:
Sorry sir, gold card members only! You didn't spend $1M+ with us last year....or something to that effect? |
| JPortici:
No answer whatsoever, just "declined" and case closed |
| niconiconi:
Dave had a rant on free samples in the very early days of EEVblog. He basically says it's usually a waste of time and doesn't worth it. I agree. EEVblog #126 - The Free Sample Fallacy |
| RoGeorge:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on June 07, 2022, 07:29:14 am ---Sorry sir, gold card members only! You didn't spend $1M+ with us last year....or something to that effect? --- End quote --- It's nothing like that. But the samples are not for one offs prototypes either. AFAIK samples are for those working in the industry, so they can finish their design about the same time when the chips will be ready for sale. Sometimes the engineering samples are pre-production versions of silicon. Samples are not for hobbyists. They are not freebies or giveaways either. The only one-offs they might consider are for students doing their masters or PhD projects using TI samples. This is usually valid for other companies, too, not only for TI. Texas Instruments is not only one sending samples. I've request samples a few times, for a startup, and TI sent them. There were no imposed minimal buy, or other pre-condition to fulfill. However, at the first order only, I've received a phone call from a marketing/sales lady from TI who checked that our company and the project were for real. It was a rather long "interview", a 15-30 minutes phone call, with casual questions and free talk about the startup and the project. That was about 10-15 years ago, I don't know how it is now. Pretty obvious nowadays there is no chip abundance like it was only a couple of years ago. Then, there are export regulations and high-tech embargo restrictions that were tighten a lot, especially in the recent years. Then there is the chip shortage from the last 1-2 years. Then, there were countless industry consolidations where TI (and others, too) bought most of their competitors, so now they don't need to fight much to win customers from the western world. |
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