Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: Mass produced custom chips Message-ID: Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation References: <2548@spim.mips.COM> <3394@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 21:12:53 GMT In article <3394@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes: > And there are still a number of companies which build small runs... > If I hit the lottery one of my cars will be an Avanti... You mean a Corvette or Trans Am with a fiberglass shell based on an old Studebaker? There are plenty of companies that do the same thing in the computer world today. They're called VARs. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"