"Telamon" wrote in message
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Everything released says that the chip will be lower cost, and nothing
says
anything to the contrary.

You don't understand the ASIC semiconductor industry at all do you.

I do not need to understand the industry as a whole to understand the
reports that the investors in iBiquity receive regarding the developments in
chip development, receiver manufacturer interest, etc. Any individual in any
business at some point has to rely on trustworthy sources of data as it is
impossible to know all the details of every service, technology or process
we buy, hire, rent, use or are dependent on.

I doubt Jack Welch did GE's taxes while he was CEO and I am sure he did not
insert blades in jet turbines. His success was finding the best people to do
those things under his direction.

I've known some fine DXers who could not open a receiver ant tell if it was
hollow state or solid state; they trusted a good manufacturer and the advice
of fellow DXers... they had no need to know.