Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRCon13 Hardware Giveaway!

[Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras]

Hi,

> Well the reason why it "gets around" is that it's done poorly
competitively
> against other devices in the top tier customer accounts, thus they are
force
> to scratch around and find any possible business. Sadly for us the nature
of
> this segment of the Semiconductor market is such that the most successful
> manufacturers know who their major target customers are and are focused
> solely on winning their business, whilst maintaining almost paranoid
design
> security in the process in what they perceive as a very competitive space.
We
> have to be realistic that we, as a market segment are both tiny, and built
> around a core principal of extensive public technical information
disclosure,
> and that closes the door to access some technologies.

Good point made! Also a problem is to find a kind of universal chip that is
not directed for a special purpose as those usually are limited in their
capabilities, and optimized for some frequency bands and/or modes of
operation. Last, but not least - the chip must be available to smaller
companies without hardly to overcome restrictions, and there must be a
chance that it will be available for more than a few months only...

> -Ian

Ralph.