To: Gordon Quickstad who wrote (4849 ) 11/20/1997 11:04:00 PM From: Rob S. Read Replies (2) | Respond to
I haven't expected very much from the C6 other than a chance for IDT to get off the launch pad. I have been expecting it to take through this quarter just to start ramping production to 100s of thousands of parts. I think IDT should try to pump out as many C6s as they can; forget about selling them first, just ramp production as agressively as inhumanly posible. If they end up selling them for $50 each through an 800 number directly to end consumers or whatever it takes to clear the inventory, that's OK. The name of hte game is to ramp production in those shiny new fabs that are largely sitting idle and get some momentum going in the marketplace. IDT/Centaur's primary advantage is a much smaller die size and simplified manufacture than the competitors, so selling them at little better than break even makes sense to get yourself onto the playing field. Pump the C6 out of the production lines and shovel the stuff into the street. Heck, it will probably sell for something to the highway department as fill for pot holes.
