Most expensive "off the shelf" silicon?

[martin griffith]

Effective immediately Pretec 12GB CF card pricing is reduced from
$9999 to $4999

from

http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/PR_05-27-08_4GB_SD.htm


martin

 

[Ian Stirling]

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Effective immediately Pretec 12GB CF card pricing is reduced from
$9999 to $4999

from

http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/PR_05-27-08_4GB_SD.htm

I'd go for really large astronomical grade CCDs.
Some of the really, really big ones hit $100K or better.
And that's without even being space qualified.

 

[martin griffith]

On 31 Jul 2005 21:20:46 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Ian Stirling
<root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Effective immediately Pretec 12GB CF card pricing is reduced from
$9999 to $4999

from

http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/PR_05-27-08_4GB_SD.htm

I'd go for really large astronomical grade CCDs.
Some of the really, really big ones hit $100K or better.
And that's without even being space qualified.
are they "Off the shelf"?

Just wondering if I can get loss insurance for my 12GB MP3 player


martin

 

[Mike Harrison]

On 31 Jul 2005 21:20:46 GMT, Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Effective immediately Pretec 12GB CF card pricing is reduced from
$9999 to $4999

from

http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/PR_05-27-08_4GB_SD.htm

I'd go for really large astronomical grade CCDs.
Some of the really, really big ones hit $100K or better.
And that's without even being space qualified.

Doubt these CCDs are 'off the shelf'
There are some big Xilinx FPGAs at Digikey listed at over $4000, and these are by no means the
biggest parts Xilinx make...

 

[Tim Shoppa]

12GB CF card pricing is reduced from $9999 to $4999

Well, that's a card, not a chip... I'd guess there are multiple chips
on that card. Compare with memory boards from the mid 70's that cost
$20K.

Some perspective: street price for an Intel 8080 was circa $300-$500
for a year or two after introduction. Given three decades of inflation
not too different than the $4000-$8000 for the stupendous Xilinx
XCV2600E (although I don't inflation is quite that fast, probably more
like a factor of 4 or 5 rather than 10.)

Tim.

 

[Ian Stirling]

Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote:

On 31 Jul 2005 21:20:46 GMT, Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Effective immediately Pretec 12GB CF card pricing is reduced from
$9999 to $4999

from

http://www.pretec.com/PR/2005/PR_05-27-08_4GB_SD.htm

I'd go for really large astronomical grade CCDs.
Some of the really, really big ones hit $100K or better.
And that's without even being space qualified.

Doubt these CCDs are 'off the shelf'
There are some big Xilinx FPGAs at Digikey listed at over $4000, and these are by no means the
biggest parts Xilinx make...

I know that at least $10K ones are off-the-shelf, as I actually asked
for prices at one point.