> Interesting to know how much it would cost to build your own machines only reasonable solution at this time. Finger in the air calculation: $3-4M. Assumes

> Interesting to know how much it would cost to build your own machines only reasonable solution at this time. Finger in the air calculation: $3-4M. Assumes knowledgeable designers, and good ops people with decent offshore assembly experience. None of this is particularly difficult from the standpoint of a VLSI. The issue is that profitability is questionable: If you're successful, you pretty much destroy the economic niche that forms your customers.