In a message dated 2/13/2000 9:53:08 AM,
sredmore@... writes:
>Now, if you ∗were∗ going to do a synth chip, it would probably make sense
>to
>take advantage of modern packaging technology, spend more up front in design,
>verification, and layout, and end up with some monster PQFP (plastic quad
>flat
>pack) or BGA (ball grid array) chip that has several hundred lines running
>into
>and out of it for 20 EG's, 4 VCO's, 4 VCF's, etc, etc. Or, heck, do a
>VCF chip
>that represents 10 of the most popular VCF's all on the same chip.
This is one of the first areas where this idea starts to falter -- the
difference between those who want to make exact replacements for out of
production ICs (mainly to keep older synths working), and those who want to
make the best possible synth ICs
>This could be the Intel of synthesizers. :) (Then, of course, you'd have
>to ID
>every chip with a unique number in it, so that Intel and the feds could
>track
>your synthesizer use. Remember the scandal with the PII's?)
>
>Synthesis is not a crime!
Have you heard John Tesh?
John (cheap shot) Barlow