On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Russell McMahon wrote: >> That is right. And the reality is that Microchip does not >> compete well with the low price parts from folks like >> TI/ST/NXP/Atmel in terms of 32bit MCUs. > > What about in 8/16 bit parts and in Asia. > I'm told that the prices we can easily see 'here" are only a starting > point for Asian pricing. > The TI processor being quoted here at 33c in 1k was 25c in 100k. > That was their entry level part. > You can see uChip pricing down to around 30c in 'the West' so I'd > imagine that in real volume in Asia the entry level is say 20 cents. > (May not do overly much though :-) ).(But, even the lowliest processor > is vastly better than none at all.) > That is a different market. The brutal consumer market seems totally different from my filed. Occasionally I read some Chinese forum on the low cost 8-bit MCUs. But that is about it. I am not interested in 20 cents MCUs yet, and hopefully I do not need to be in those situation any time soon (to count cents when doing costing). -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist