Newsgroups: comp.arch
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: predicted yield of BIG microprocess
Message-ID: <1989Mar26.222045.29766@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <15878@obiwan.mips.COM> <46500056@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 89 22:20:45 GMT

In article <46500056@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>What I want is a BIG CCD camera chip...
>What is the current state of these things - I am not aware of
>being able to actually buy big ones.

They can be bought.  Bring lots of money.  The market is small -- astronomy
and other specialized sensing fields -- and they are horribly expensive.
The ads in Sky&Telescope and Astronomy might help, although they're mostly
aimed at amateur budgets.  Don't expect perfect chips for any sane price;
accepting some defects will help.
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