I was surfing around www.microchip.com looking for some application notes and I happened to click on the Parametric Search link. The heading of the page suggests that only "New/Popular" devices are shown:
When I went to select a device in the XMEGA-C series, I couldn't find one in the "Product" column. In fact, there are only two XMEGAs listed: the ATxmega16A4U and ATxmega32D4. And because neither of these is "new" one is left to conclude they are the only two "popular[1]" XMEGA devices. There aren't all that many MEGA and TINY devices either, but lots and lots of SAMs and, of course, lots of PICs. I knew this was coming I guess, but didn't expect it so soon.
I am considering starting a a campaign to save the XMEGA here in The States. Maybe I'll use "Make XMEGA Great Again!" for a campaign slogan..?
[1] Where "popular" means "Microchip would prefer you purchase these ones."
* Tightened up the thread title. Ross *