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To: Kirk © who wrote (20718)9/19/2006 1:01:25 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to 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.



To: Kirk © who wrote (20718)9/19/2006 11:39:12 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Respond to of 25522
 
RE: "That would sure get the cost down for prototypes and cut into some of the business for my ALTR..."

Those would not be PRODUCTION prototypes. Costly masks for production prototypes would still be necessary. In fact, PLDs for proof of concept would be cheaper.


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