On 6/21/06, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or they might just be expensive to make. The cost of a die goes up by
> the 4th power of the area, IIRC.
4th power? Really?
> They could be hard-to-make parts with poor yield or something.
Sometimes it takes years to discover the problem that is killing yield.
Especially if it is a small company running a non-mainstream process.
True. And somehow, I got the impression that Xilinx tries to stay at
the cutting edge on process technology. I remember them talking about
65nm when Pentiums were in 180nm.
> Another possibility is that they're too new, and as sales pick up, the
> costs will go down.
> Or they've been out for a while, but the demand
> is so poor, they can't make a profit at a lower price.
Or they are making wild guesses about the supply and demand curves.
Maybe they could reduce the cost with more volume (larger wafers
for example) but don't know if the higher volume would sell.
I think a successful business like Xilinx would not be making wild
guesses about any pricing. But I could be wrong. Perhaps a Xilinx
employee will speak up on this. :)
> Next thing you know,
> I'm going to start thinking about getting an MBA (ha!).
Master of Bus Architectures? :-)
Not quite. :)
Maybe Master of BS Activities. :)
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