[Open-graphics] OGD1 pricing

[Timothy Miller]

On 2/27/06, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at pobox.com> wrote:
> Patrick McNamara wrote:
> > In some ways, I think it depends on what $X is.  If it's $50US worth of
> > parts, selling it for $300 is a 6x markup and would probably still be
> > considered really cheap.  On the other hand if $X is $250US, a 6x markup
> > is $1500 which is probably more that you want to target for as it may
> > put it out of reach folks you really want to have it.
>
> Actually, the cost is only vaguely relevant.  The board should cost what
> the market will bear.  If each board costs $600 to produce, but the
> market can only support $300, then $300 (or no sale) it is.  If each
> board costs $50 and the market will bear $300, then whoopee.

The market for FPGA-based dev boards bears costs in the thousands. 
(But they probably do more testing, etc.)

But OGP makes it a different animal.