On 03/09/05, purusothaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What are the facors that will effect the cost of an Ic? > > with regards > R.Purusothaman > > > - Purusothaman > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > First is the availability. This is down to a few things - manufacturing, if there is any difficulties (natural disasters or current affairs) which hit the factories - then there will be an impact on the prices. Demand - If there is low demand, production may drop off - and the part become hard top find which will raise the price, if there is very high demand, the supply may not be abel to meet it, and that will raise the price also.
Then there is the complexity, package type and size will raise the cost, as will the blank size, the level of integration, also the extent of the QA process. Sometimes you will find yourself paying more for an IC because of the brand, or the IP used to design it. There may be furthar factors to consider- but these I beleive cover most of them. Cheers Orionrobots -- http://orionrobots.co.uk - Build Robots ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tech4all/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
