> ... there is the final "oh, and the customer only has 19 cents
> for the power supply components"...

That's about right for a CE6360 converter system :-).
All prices cents US.
Ex China, 1000's volume:

10 IC
  2 Schottky
  3 Inductor
  2 2 x ecaps

That leaves 2 cents for glue :-).


     Russell
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