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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT)
AMAT 223.95+1.7%Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: Kirk © who wrote (20718)9/19/2006 1:01:25 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz  Read Replies (1) of 25522
 
>> That would sure get the cost down for prototypes and cut into some of the business for my ALTR

Aside from eliminating mask cost, isn't the attractiveness of FPGA's also due to ease of re-programming ?

Besides, even with no mask, it still takes weeks to process a wafer with all the chemical steps, right ? Whereas up-loading an FPGA program is instant.
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