Re: Cost Discussions
Mike,
There are several ways to stay on the safe side:
1) Don't use dollars (either US or Canadian) as the metric for comparison.
Use relative costs, as in Solution A costs half of Solution B.
2) Use metrics such as relative gate count, relative die size, relative
pin count, relative lines of code, to compare the cost of two solutions.
3) Use third party sources, such as industry analysts (with appropriate
permission).
Howard
Tony Jeffree wrote:
>
> Mike -
>
> Tricky, isn't it. I'm afraid that's the "price" you pay for being a
> Chair... ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>
> At 17:40 23/03/2001 -0500, Mike Takefman wrote:
>
> >Jim, Geoff,
> >
> >I hate to sound stupid my first time out, but isn't one person's
> >cost the previous person's price ? So I cannot talk about optics
> >module costs, or ASIC costs since I purchase those components at a price.
> >
> >What rule can I use as chair to determine whether people are
> >truely talking about the cost of something?
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >mike
> >
> >Geoff Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim-
> > >
> > > As far as I am concerned, it has been a "Chair's Guideline" ever since it
> > > was put up by Don Loughry in 1988. I have the original slide and have been
> > > using it for years when the occasion is appropriate. The only difference is
> > > that David has transcribed the slide verbatim and posted it on our web
> > site.
> > >
> > > I guess the problem is that even though it has been there all along no one
> > > else knew/remembered it.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> > >
> > > At 12:34 PM 3/23/01 -0600, Jim Carlo wrote:
> > > >Steve Carlson referred his task force to a note below. Should we make
> > this a
> > > >Chair's guideline?
> > > >
> > > >Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776 Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274
> > > >TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
> > > >Vice Chair, IEEE-SA Standards Board
> > > >Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
> > > >