Re: Leftover RTX2000 Chips
At 10:45 pm 7/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Ian King wrote:
><snip>
>> The reason a DSP chip is unlikely to replace the RTX2010RH in space
>> applications is that the cost of certification is astronomical. If they
>> ever do I can guarantee you wont be ably to buy one for $10!
><snip>
>
>What certification might that be?
>
>Derrick Shearer
>dls2@Lehigh.EDU
>
You can't just package up your dies into ceramic packages and sell them
as Rad-tol. Xilinx mentions the XQ4000X Series Certified to MIL-PRF-38535
Appendix A QML. http://rk.gsfc.nasa.gov/fpgas.htm gives more information
about NASA requirements.
An example of Rad-tol fpga costs is from Actel. Per piece pricing in 50-unit
volume for MIL-STD-883 Class B devices in the 208-pin package is A54SX16 -
$1,040 and A54SX32 - $1,872. In the same volume, the 208-pin package
RadTolerant devices are RT54SX16 - $1,530 and RT54SX32 - $2,600
Ref. http://www.actel.com/whatsnew/SXRTPR43.html
Ian
