EEVblog 1435 - The World's Most EXPENSIVE Catalog IC

[EEVblog]

Dave goes hunting for the most expensive IC on Digikey and ends up finding a bunch of unusual stuff!

[cortex_m0]

That Flash memory that is the "most expensive IC" is listed as a wafer - so presumably many hundreds of unsawed dies.

I would guess that's a product for someone wanting to make a system-in-package. Not sure why DigiKey lists it, though, it's not something just anyone could successfully use.

[Kleinstein]

The AtMegaS64 is supposed to be a radiation tolerant version.  So not the normal cheap chip, more like space grade.

[BrianHG]

@18:30, That differential in and out gate is actually and AND and an OR combined.  If you swap the differential input's +&-, IE the polarity of the input data, the AND becomes an AND with inverted inputs, or in other words, a NOR gate.  Then, what do you assume happens to that NOR gate when you swap the +&- on the outputs?

[EEVblog]

Someone on Twitter found this!
$1.89M Molex machine
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/molex/0627007100/5152355?s=N4IgTCBcDaIAwDYwHY52QRjSAugXyA

[Lord of nothing]

 Cheap almost 2mk in my Country: €1.964.995,21536   

[Jan Audio]

I usually add the maximum ammount possible into my shopping cart to see what it cost.
Some shops do crash.

[Neilm]

How about a resistor array?
 https://www.digikey.co.uk/en/products/detail/vishay-foil-resistors-division-of-vishay-precision-group/SSS-100/8581367 Cheap at $5174.

[thm_w]

Why am I not surprised the most expensive thing on digikey is a Molex crimper.

[james_s]

I remember looking at some ~$70k FPGAs that Digikey had listed. I'd hate to be the guy who slips and pops one of those.

[TheSteve]

Fun vid, but you gotta exclude all the third party crap like Rochester for it to feel real.