I know there is another thread on the EOL topic, but this news deserved its own headline...
Microchip WILL be having a quiet chuckle at being able to release that headline, as well as the other 'digs' that come with it..

The folks at Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, have just announced that they will continue to manufacture legacy 8051/80C51 MCUs that provide pin-for-pin-compatible replacements for most of those recently placed under “End-of-Life” (EOL) notification by NXP. Included are drop-in replacements for NXP’s P89LV51RB2/C2/D2 and P89V51RB2/C2/D2 EOL series of 80C51 8-bit microcontrollers. Microchip’s April 2010 acquisition of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) included a legacy 80C51 MCU business, which Microchip has continued to support.

“Microchip has a history of supporting customers with long lifetimes on all of our product lines,” said Randy Drwinga, vice president at Microchip Technology Inc. “We also have a strong presence in the industrial, automotive and medical markets, and understand that long-lifecycle product support is important to these customers. We welcome anyone currently using NXP’s 80C51 MCUs who doesn’t wish to redesign their end products to use our 100% compatible 80C51 product portfolio...