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From: wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
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Subject: Re: PROTOTYPE CHIPS, MULTI-PROJECT CHIPS - NEED INFO
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Date: 21 Mar 89 20:54:02 GMT
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> What companies offer cheap prototype chips?
>    Are there alternatives to multi-project chips?
> Do any foundries offer multi-project chips directly?
     Vitesse Semiconductor in Camarillo, CA offers them in GaAs.
     They also have/are their own foundry.
 
> Are the chips offered as gate arrays, std. cell or custom (or "yes")?
   Yes. 

> What are typical costs involved in real work?
   $50k/#of other people in the run. Some subsidies available.
 
> Does anyone do this with ECL, or just CMOS?
   Vitesse has an NMOS process, with some very important modifications for
  GaAs. 


Pierce
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