[sdiy] Designing Analog ICs

[Joel B]

On Sep 6, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Tom Corbitt wrote:

> For a real custom IC, you're off by an order of magnitude, 100's of
> thousands would be required Even If you're going with a place like
> xfab (meaning you're willing to roll your design with their prefab
> parts) you're talking min 50k plus a wafer. Say maybe 200 to 500 parts
> yield per wafer just for the die, then add on the wirebonding and
> packaging, and $500 a part
> 
> 

Last time this topic came up a few years ago, it was established that production cost was about $45000 for the setup and $7 /  chip. Pretty reasonable, less than a nice new car.  

The guy who owns the fab is on this list somewhere...

 - Joel