[sdiy] Having a hard time finding the chips you want - roll your own!

[Darren Reid]

"Czech Martin" <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com> asks:

>How much will a mask set cost? (maybe 2 or 3 redesigns will be needed)
>How much will wafers cost if you only need 1 or 2?
>How to do wafer test? Cost?
>Assembly cost?
>Final test cost?

That's what we all wanna know, yup. By the way, I wasn't merely suggesting
that this school would be a way of doing this: I was thinking more along the
lines that the *process* might be useful i.e. the whole concept of partially
pre-engineered wafers ala fishbone.

-Darren