[sdiy] Was: Expo in one chip? Now PA381 in stock!

[Tristan]

THAT Corp would probably be willing to develop such chips if there was a big 
enough market.

/Tristan

On Thu, Jan 4th, 2018 at 11:39 AM, KD KD <pic24hj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeas they are all dead, soon enough we all are dead so in the meantime
> birds in forest
> tells Mary CEM have PA381 in stock on 2500 unit reels for 4.6-4.7usd
> each between
> 1 to 499.
> 
> > But building synths is a tiny market, really tiny.
> Depends on what you measure it to.With UliB and Korg around  who have
> shown poly analog's can be made affordable the market might grow
> considerably.
> 
> 2018-01-03 11:51 GMT+01:00, Neil Johnson <neil.johnson71 at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> > Doug Curtis is dead.  Ron's dead.  These chips were designed by the
> > old guard, and they're heading to retirement, and universities aren't
> > teaching the old analogue chip design ways anymore (everyone wants to
> > design high speed digital silicon or GHz RF).
> > Uli isn't interested in development, only copying (too costly).  Mary
> > at CEM is just selling her husband's legacy.Not sure about Alfa.
> > SSI is the one place where I hold out hope since they brought together
> > the old guys and some cash.
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