Due to the continuous shortage of 8-inch wafer production capacity, the global supply of ICs demanding 8-inch wafer fabrication services is extremely tight. Realtek has announced the discontinuance of the ALC892 audio codec and an unexpected Out-of-Stock notice which is effective immediately. Avalue is starting to migrate from ALC892 to pin-to-pin ALC888S for all affected products.
Customer impact of the change and recommended action:
a. All Avalue products part numbers equipped with ALC892 are unavailable immediately and not able to accept additional orders. Part of backorders will be affected and not able to be shipped. For details, please contact your sales representative for more information. b. All functions of ALC888S stay the same with ALC892, but the BIOS is required to be refreshed. Both ALC888S and ALC892 use the same drivers for Windows 7 & 10, there is no change for drivers and OS images. For Linux and other OS, the kernel version is required to be provided to assure driver compatibility. Please contact your sales representative for more information. Avalue will release new part numbers of the ALC888S version after complete verification and qualification. c. For customers who do not need audio function with urgent demand, we strongly suggest you can ship with an OEM version without the ALC892 codec. For other demands or future orders, Avalue will ship ONLY the ALC888S version. If you need more information or sample for verification, please contact your sales representative. |
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