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To: Amy J who wrote (82199)	5/31/1999 12:38:00 AM
From: grok	Respond to of 186894

Re: <What do you mean by "custom" in this case? Who does the customization?> In the past a microprocessor vendor provided a CPU as a standard part and many users bought it and built systems around it. In the future transistor density so so great that the entire system can fit on one chip easy. But every system is different. So system-on-a-chip means that the CPU and all the periperals must be provided to match up with the end product. So the micro vendor now must be in the system design business and must provide many different chips each "customized" to the end product (or maybe even to one customer). This is far more difficult than providing one standard part for everyone.