On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 21:28 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > On 2/27/06, Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really cannot go into details, but I'm trying to get some sense for > > how to price OGD1 boards. > > > > On the one hand, we don't want to price it too high, making it hard > > for developers to get it (although we can sell it cheaper to 'signed > > up' developers). > > > > On the other hand, this is also a fund-raising product. We are > > selling it so that we can raise money to do things like work more > > hours on OGA and produce the ASIC. > > > > I was talking to someone who says that products like this are often > > marked up quite dramatically, like, say, a factor of 6 over their > > parts costs. > > > > If OGD1 costs $X, what should we sell it for? > > > > > > We need to take into consideration not just OGP developer discounts > > but also bulk discounts. And we still need to raise a load of money. > > > > > One other comment. I went over and visited some profs at the EE > department today, looking to see if they would be interested in any > sort of synergy with the OGP. One of them had an FPGA board in his > lab with some small Altera part on it. When I asked him how much it > cost, he said, "Only a few thousand dollars." > > Aside from some LEDs and some other frills, OGD1 kicks the crap out of > what they have. Maybe this gives some perspective on it. > > I'm thinking of a pricing schedule like this: > > Individual Retail: 3x > Bulk of 10 or more: 2.7x > Bulk of 25 or more: 2.4x > Bulk of 50 or more: 2.2x > Bulk of 100 or more: 2x > Individual OGP developer: 2x, limit 5 >
So we're talking about US$1200 for the board at 3x (Assuming the earlier post about $399 & parts cost was read right by me). Lessee... That's around 700 sterling... It sounds pricey... Although with adding LED's it would be pretty :) Hamish. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
