Re: Explain sensor size please

On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:11:07 +0200, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:

I still haven't heard a good explanation off anyone why sensors are so
expensive. Yes, I know the reasons but management reports are also full
of reasons.

The usual chips can go smaller and smaller all the time, fitting much
more of them on a silizium wafer. All wafers have some random bad
[...]
With sensors, you get only a few to sell, so they *have* to be
expensive, especially if they are large in first place, just to break
even.

Yes, this is the usual explanation.
The problem is that Charles doesn't believe it.

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