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Ben321:
I was just googling for Picoscope, and this appeared in the "Sponsored" section above the actual search results. https://www.processcontrolexperts.com/Tektronix/MSO68B-6-BW-10000/

At almost $200,000 that is the most expensive scope I've ever seen! Why does it cost so much?
james_s:
Because it's 10 GHz, that's really exotic stuff. $200k is not all that outlandish for high dollar specialized test gear. At a former job we had a HDMI analyzer that was around $100k and it was not nearly as fancy looking as a scope. IIRC my TDS748C was around $40k in the late 90s which would be considerably more today and it's "only" 1GHz and 4 channels.
jjoonathan:
How many engineer-years do you think it took to develop? How many do you think they are going to sell?

That's your answer.
ataradov:
Those are rookie numbers. 110GHz 4-channel version of the  Keysight UXR-Series scope costs $1.3mil. There is probably less than 100 customers for that worldwide.
bdunham7:

--- Quote from: Ben321 on June 23, 2022, 10:04:42 pm ---Why does it cost so much?

--- End quote ---

Two 50GSa/s ADCs @ 12 bits?  8 channels with 10GHz front ends?  64 logic channels?  FHD 15.6" screen?  The Tek name?   :)

If you still think it is expensive, price out a set of IsoVu TIVP1 differential probes for it.  At $28K each, a set of 8 will cost more than the scope.

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