Why the 741 is still being produced?

Nigel Goodwin said:

Like the 16F84 - lot's of idiots still order and use it - so why not continue making it and charge extra for it?.

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What a nice subtle way to label the people who still use this in legacy/industrial or hobby projects...

bokbaard said:

What a nice subtle way to label the people who still use this in legacy/industrial or hobby projects...

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There's no reason whatsoever to use them in any of those applications, so 'idiot' seems appropriate for someone who orders a more expensive lower spec item

The 741, the 555 and now the 16F84 were cutting edge when they were first made.

I think that one of the reasons that they are still used is that students of electronics are taught about op amps, timers and microcontrollers using those as the examples.

It's not obvious to students that the latest equipment doesn't use stuff like that, so they just use what they know when it comes to designing stuff for real.