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News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: Lead (Pb)-Free Packaging
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 15 November 2004

Lead free packaging complies with RoHS

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Microchip's packaging conversion provides forward and backward compatibility while keeping prices at parity with existing tin/lead (SnPb)-plated material.

Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, has announced the conversion of its product packaging to environmentally friendly lead (Pb)-free plating, beginning January 2005, in compliance with pending worldwide government regulations and industry standards The Company has selected matte tin (Sn) as its new plating material