> NRE 1 Million GBP
What about easic:
From Design-reuse.com:
"eASIC Corporation, a provider of configurable Structured ASIC technology, today introduced a maskless customization approach aimed at eliminating NRE (non recurring engineering) cost for ASIC. The NRE and mask-set cost are removed since eASIC employs direct-write e-Beam approach rather than conventional mask lithography for IC customization. Due to the company’s innovative Via-customization technique, eASIC’s fabric yields about 10 times higher throughput from Direct-write e-Beam machines, compared to metal customization. This is made possible as Vias occupy about 1% area of the customization layer, while metal occupies at least 30%, thus reducing the time e-Beam machine needs to spend writing the customization. Moreover, only a single Via-layer is required for Structured eASIC customization, which further shortens the turnaround time and eventually cuts the cost."
