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It might be a lot of profit, but it takes a lot of cash to hire the type of people who would design such a thing, first.
by andrewmcwatters 5y ago
It might be a lot of profit, but it takes a lot of cash to hire the type of people who would design such a thing, first.
- mshockwave 5y agoexactly, estimating the price solely by the sum of its components is like paying programmer by the number of characters they typed
- arthurcolle 5y agoReminds me of this: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...
- turbinerneiter 5y agoThey make at least 200 million of those a year and they can use the same design easily for 5 years. 1 billion devices. 1 cent per device would allow them to spend 10 million on the development. Development cost is neglible for this kind of stuff.
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoYes, certainly, but it also implies one has sufficient demand to make back the cost.
- kens 5y agoYes, exactly! Also, a lot of the design work is done by the manufacturer (Flextronics) and the semiconductor company. Apple has different charger designs (that look identical outside) so they can play off different companies against each other.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoI think it is pretty much the datasheet reference circuit so the people that designed the chip were already paid for that and that cost is in the bill o