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The participating companies makes chips that requires a huge amount of resources to make them happen: design engineering time, CAD software, tape-out cost, vali
by TomVDB 8y ago
The participating companies makes chips that requires a huge amount of resources to make them happen: design engineering time, CAD software, tape-out cost, validation engineering time, ...
The CAD software is expensive, but it's not barrier of entry expensive compared to design engineering time, tape-out cost etc.
If the CAD software cost gets reduced, it would result in a cost reduction of all companies involved while still having a barrier of entries that's be way too high for anyone but the best funded companies.
- petra 8y agoFrom the article: "If successful, the programs “will change the economics of the industry,” enabling companies to design in relatively low-volume chips that would be prohibitive today. "
- TomVDB 8y agoYes. But it won’t change a thing for the big companies: they don’t make those low-volume (and low effort!) chips.