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Technology Stocks : IDTI - an IC Play on Growth Markets
IDTI 48.990.0%Mar 29 5:00 PM EST
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To: Hippieslayer who wrote (5876)1/19/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Harold Engstrom  Read Replies (1) of 11555
 
According to the ALTR profile, they make FPGA chips. This means that the chips they make are programmable - making them very flexible, just like you need when you are developing a product. The logic and timing can be adjusted continually without holding up production for design and fabrication of a "written in stone" gate array. Of course, the cost of a Field Programmable Gate Array is far, far greater than that for an Application Specific Integrated Circuit. Now, IDT says they can develop an ASIC for almost no money and can deliver them in a week. That is cheap and fast and for any company shipping in quantity that is a very big cost savings with very little risk. An FPGA is fine for development, but when you are relatively sure of your design you want an ASIC to reduce your per unit costs. Clear Logic looks like a winner. Please feel free to criticize this explanation.
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