garyb@iotek.UUCP (Gary Burrell) (06/02/90)
Does any one out there know what a reasonable price for a DSP 56000 is?
I was quoted $195 canadian, this seems unreasonably high. Is it just
the distributer screwing the customer for a part which is not used alot
or is Motorola out to lunch on their pricing ( since TI has anounced a
C31 floating point DSP for $35 U.S.)
Does anybody know where I can get these in canada for a reasonable price.
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*************************************bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) (06/05/90)
In article <594@mercury.iotek.UUCP> garyb@iotek.UUCP (Gary Burrell) writes: >Does any one out there know what a reasonable price for a DSP 56000 is? >I was quoted $195 canadian, this seems unreasonably high. Is it just >the distributer screwing the customer for a part which is not used alot >or is Motorola out to lunch on their pricing ( since TI has anounced a >C31 floating point DSP for $35 U.S.) This is not necessarily unreasonable. The going rate in the US for the 27 MHz PGA seems to be about $150 in single quantities. On the other hand, large quantities of cheaper packages (the ceramic PGA is very expensive as packages go) can be had for a lot less (~$50). As far as the $35 TI part, be careful. They are probably quoting the 1000 piece price for the lowest speed part in the cheapest package, and you can expect other quanitites and configurations to cost more. (BTW, all vendors do this, so I'm not trying to slam TI.) -- Bill McFadden Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 500 MS 58-639 Beaverton, OR 97077 bill@videovax.tv.tek.com, {hplabs,uw-beaver,decvax}!tektronix!videovax!bill Phone: (503) 627-6920 "The biggest difference between developing a missle component and a toy is the 'cost constraint.'" -- John Anderson, Engineer, TI
harrison@sunwhere.DAB.GE.COM (Gregory Harrison) (06/07/90)
In article <5841@videovax.tv.tek.com> bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) writes: > >As far as the $35 TI part, be careful. They are probably quoting the 1000 >piece price for the lowest speed part in the cheapest package, and you can The $35 TI part is the TMS320C31, which comes in 33.3 MHz and 27 MHz versions. The package is a 132 PQFP, versus a 181 CPGA for the 'C31. PQFP= plastic quad flat pack, CPGA = Ceramic Pin Grid Array. The $35 is for the TMS320C31-27 which is the 27 Mhz version in the PQFP package. (in large quantities, as per the TI FYI Vol. 7 issue 4 May 1990. The 'C31 function are the same as the 'C30 except that it only has 1 32 bit databus, 1 serial port, and 1 timer. I've been designing with the 'C30, and it certainly is an awesome chip. Big iron in a small package. Not only is it a great signal processor, but it has a fine complement of general purpose computer instructions to allow it to perform system control. Greg Harrison GE