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"David Eduardo" wrote:

"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.

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Great let me straighten you out then. It costs big bucks to develop the
ASIC. The more you sell of those ASICS the sooner you recover the costs
and start making a profit. If you don't sell many you have to charge a
higher price. That is a little over simplified but you should get the
drift of it.

So, the chips will start out expensive and HD will half to take off big
time for the price to drop... over time.

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Telamon
Ventura, California