??? 08/27/07 00:34 Modified: 08/27/07 00:35 Read: times |
#143636 - the cost of the chip alone (in quantity of ONE)... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
... might be (and in some cases undoubtedly is) subsidized by the manufacturer to get share of the market.
An insider's view: http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=138010 But this is just the silicon (and the plastic and small pieces of metal :-) ). Other issues such as tools and information availability play their role, too, of course. JW |