# MOS 6581/8580 SID — Discontinued electronic component replacement mapping

For MOS 6581/8580 SID, manufacturer is MOS Technology; notice id is N/A; last time buy is N/A; last ship is N/A; suggested replacement is FPGA-based recreations, recorded from its source on 2026-08-03.

- **Discontinued part:** MOS 6581/8580 SID
- **Manufacturer:** MOS Technology _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Notice ID:** N/A _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Last time buy:** N/A _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Last ship:** N/A _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Suggested replacement:** FPGA-based recreations

## What the source says

> MOS 6581/8580 SID | Decades out of production; $40+ per chip, heavy remarking fraud (per IEEE Spectrum) | FPGA-based recreations |

## Source

- https://www.dasenic.com/blog/knowledgeHub/obsolete-components-in-2026-eol-list-shortage-statistics-what-to-do-about-it

Last verified: 2026-08-03. Review by: 2026-11-01.
Part of [Discontinued electronic component replacement mapping](https://referencesource.org/discontinued-part-replacement-mapping/).