Eh, he said it could be improved for the same area and (per-unit) cost, and I trust he knew what he was talking about. Amortized across all the number of units

Eh, he said it could be improved for the same area and (per-unit) cost, and I trust he knew what he was talking about. Amortized across all the number of units sold, the redesign cost is very little with modern methods. I enjoyed reading the interview. Besides this snippet, he talked about how modern design differs from back when he made the 555. It's always super impressive to me when someone keeps up with their craft through such huge technological changes.