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Re: Leftover RTX2000 Chips



I hesitate to say this, but I have two RTX chips.  One 2000 and one 2010 
--- neither are rad-hard.  I got them from Harris about 8 years ago as 
evaluation chips, but never used them.  Who new they would be so rare.  
How hard would it be to make a board for them?  

Russ

On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Stephen Pelc wrote:

> >  > >> And you don't want to know how much an RTX2010 costs.
> >  > > That _was_ his initial question, so I suppose a 'yes' is in order. >
> >  > Depending on version and quantity, from US$1,000 to US$10,000.
> > 
> > The naked _chip_, or a board? This is pretty ridiculous. The Analog
> > Devices EZ-LITE kit sells for $179, and some of their DSPs in
> > quantities go for $10. Perhaps the world isn't too far away from a
> > good $5 computer.
> The chip.
> 
> You're not comparing like with like. The RTX2010RH is a rad-hard 
> part, and *all* rad-had parts are expensive. All commercial RTX 
> parts are now obsolete, but there are still some in the 
> specialist supply chains.
> 
> Stephen
> 
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