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To: Elmer who wrote (84665)	1/2/2000 9:31:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (3) of 1573142

Elmer, Re:": "Ted, Petz has made the points that a dedicated asic seems to hold the high ground in this race and that the ARM chip will not be a leader. I suspect the low power of the arm and versatility of flash with cpu will be best for some uses , but the cheapest solutions will probably be those dedicated parts for mass produced low end units." But an ASIC part has to be designed. A processor only has to be programmed. An ASIC needs a foundry which could present capacity problems. Processors are off the shelf and enjoy the economies of scale." I believe that you are essentially missing the point. ARM chips are hardly ever used as std. products. They almost always used as an embedded block within an ASIC. The ARM folks will supply you a VHDL file that customers can modify all the way to a hard physical GDSII block in a given foundrys rules. Intel has been awfull at supplying custom chips from when Carsten was trying to get into the biz and also their foray into field proframmable logic. Perhaps as Paul believes Intel will succeed in dominating the wireless chip market. I doubt wether AMD or Intel will succeed in this market, IMHO. regards, Kash

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