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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: What's the maximum RAM size that can be embedded in an ASIC today? |
| Date | 2013-08-26 21:48 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
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On 2013-08-26, Stef <stef33d@yahooI-N-V-A-L-I-D.com.invalid> wrote:
> In comp.arch.embedded,
> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2013-08-26, John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> In general, what would be the maximum I could fit, if cost is not a
>>>> limitation? Why?
>>>
>>> I love answering these no-cost-limitation questions. :)
>>>
>>> There is no limit to how much RAM you can fit onto an ASIC if cost is
>>> not a constraint.
>>
>> Indeed. If current fabs and wafer-processing tools are a limit, then
>> with unlimited funds you can build your own fab, make your own tools,
>> and develop your own fancy new 4D transistor geometries,
>> electron-spin-cells, or sub-atomc-size black holes to be used as
>> memory elements.
>
> The post's subject puts a huge constraint on approaches like that:
> It has to happen today.
Ah, I completely missed that.
> Don't know where the OP lives, but over here there's under 40 minutes
> left to do it. So the correct answer will be a lot closer to zero that
> the numbers I've seen so far. :-)
I've survived about a half-dozen ASIC efforts, and you're right: you
can't do anything today. Nor can you do anything this month or this
quarter. In my experience it's pretty much always to late to do do
anything this year.
Next year may or may not be possible...
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Zippy's brain cells
at are straining to bridge
gmail.com synapses ...
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