74ls673 price shock!!

Hi Andy

That is per 1000 units

Yes - that is the price for each chip when buying in quatities of 1000.

But Fifty dollars for one chip when buying in quatities of 1000 - why so expensive?!

So, when buying in smaller quantities, it's going to be even more expensive!!

It's only a 16-bit shift register - isn't it? I could get a box full of Stellaris microcontrollers for that much!!

I still don't get why this chip is so expensive - Fifty dollars just for a shift register?!

That's the kind of money you'd be expecting to pay for a fairly high-end processor!

After investigating a little I found we dont sell enough of these to get the price down. I checked the Compitition and they are getting a high price too.

Ah  - that would explain it! Pity, though.

:-(

Other than stringing 2 cheap 8-bit shift-registers together, do you have any alternative suggestions?

I found this: MC14557 - a variable 1-64-bit shift register:

http://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/MC14557-D.PDF