[comp.lsi] Cost of VLSI production?

hillman@newsserver.sfu.ca (Steve Hillman) (02/27/91)

We are a small startup company who are developing a high end synthesizer.
Currently, our design calls for roughly 150 small- and medium-scale TTL
chips, as well as a handful of large-scale chips (specificly 16x16 Multiply
Accumulators). 
 
We are interested in condensing our boards into a few (maybe 3 or 4) VLSI
chips, each having an equivelant complexity of roughly 50 MSI TTL chips.
Is this feasible for a small company? What would be our minimum order? How
much would design and production cost us?
 
Any info would be greatly appreciated.


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Steve "Skillman" Hillman                "Everyone generalizes"
hillman@whistler.sfu.ca
skillman@tz.wimsey.bc.ca