> Be thankful for all these applications for two reasons:
>
> More embedded chips == more embedded developers (or more
> demand for the existing ones).
>
> More embedded chips == economies of scale and 'consumer' level price
> competition.
>
> We win both ways!

No complaints about global businesses, just annoying when all the
parts get hogged. Regarding the cost of cell-phones, as an example
of economy of scale, aren't they almost giveaways from the service
provider ? I haven't got and don't want one, but in every deal I can
remember seeing, cost of the phone was immaterial / not mentioned.
You see them advertised for next to nothing in the trades, bought a
couple of $10 ones last year just for bits

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