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Full wafer cost is about 900 USD, and if you make a chip that is 1x1mm (whi ch has a LOT of functions), then the cost at Xfab would be something like 0 .2 USD, Smaller designs, like a small opamp, can be made in 0.2x02mm, so a lot less die cost, but still package cost

I am maybe optimistic. If you can make it for a lot lower cost, you have a way into the marked

If one needed large qs of something very specific perhaps that wasn't available on the market at reasonable cost? I'm thinking like a high-voltage op-amp where DC performance wasn't critical; that could be like 8-10 transistors or FETs to make a perfectly usable device. even with allowance for the larger-size trannies for the higher breakdown voltage sounds like that would surely fit in 0.2x02mm

I ordered my stuffs before Shenzhen lock down, but after WuHan lock down. Hoping to catch the window, some made it but some did not. Right now, the only way to get stuffs is to send a courier from Hong Kong to get them.

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(which has a LOT of functions), then the cost at Xfab would be something li ke 0.2 USD, Smaller designs, like a small opamp, can be made in 0.2x02mm, s o a lot less die cost, but still package cost

Yes, there is a lot of possibilities with ASICs. Just not many companies wi lling to take the step into that domain. If this is split across several co mpanies, the business case will have an extremely short payback time, and i t's a no brainer

There is examples of hobbyists doing designs, ordering with MOSIS, just 5-1

0 samples, for a total NRE of less than 1000 USD for the first samples

But, then you need to be proficient in ASIC design, and not many people are . So one needs to use the consultants and that benefits from drawing on the long experience they have

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