You mentioned in a recent thread that the 3S1000 would sell for $20 in CY2004 in the slowest speed grade and large quantities.
I was recently quoted $85.65 for XC3S1000-4FG676C in 5000s for CY2004. Is there really such a huge difference between 5000 piece prices and "large quantities"?
I ended up going with an off-the-shelf solution as being more cost-effective, but a $35 ish price might have made for a different decision.
Howdy Pete,
Believe me, you are not anywhere near "large quantities." Xilinx uses that phrase when they put useless prices in their press releases - it most often refers to 250k pieces a year, so you are only off by 50x. See
Have fun,
Marc
He may be nowhere near the quarter million pieces to get the optimum price, but I bet with a little arm twisting - I mean, by asking nicely - he can get $30 or better. When a part is new a chip maker will try very hard to get early design wins. Without them their parts will wither on the vine and never recover. I don't think 5000 pieces a year is anything to ignore in this market. He actually said he would be ordering in 5000 piece quantities, so the annual volume may be much larger.
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