>> I can easily imagine $20+ million being spent on R&D for this chip I would personally estimate around 30 - 50% of that figure. Whatever the number is, it's

>> I can easily imagine $20+ million being spent on R&D for this chip I would personally estimate around 30 - 50% of that figure. Whatever the number is, it's really funny money in a company such as ADI which sells a large chip catalog. Most of the modules in that chip can be reused in others, and many of them would themselves be reuses of modules from other chips, perhaps with some modifications. So the total R&D cost would in fact be spread amongst many projects and it would be pretty difficult to nail down exactly how much is any one project's share.