On Monday 19 February 2007 22:17, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > luc wrote: > > > Maybe I'm wrong, but I've read on this mailinglist that the more > > you have to populate a board, the more that cost. > > Yes, that is one of the factors. > > Other factors go the other way, including: > > Larger packages tend to require more board layers. > > Custom chips cost more than off the shelf. > > Larger chips have lower yields and therefore higher cost per > unit area. > > A single chip might not have as long a life cycle. > > Smaller ASIC chips might not need to be full custom, structured > might work. > > and some of these factors are dependent on volume. E. G. structured > chips have lower up front costs but cost more per unit. > > It is an optimization problem with no simple answer.
Hmm. Perhaps we need some kind of coprocessor then, if it's too hard for a normal CPU. Perhaps some kind of PCI board with an FPGA on it? L.
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