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Where is the Keysight Megazoom V ASIC?
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jc101:
I think Dave needs to have a real thorough search in the dumpster room, the Megazoom V could have slipped down behind a bin or something...
Someone:

--- Quote from: jc101 on February 13, 2022, 08:55:02 am ---I think Dave needs to have a real thorough search in the dumpster room, the Megazoom V could have slipped down behind a bin or something...
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That does feel like where this is headed....
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Fungus on February 12, 2022, 01:44:32 pm ---Occam's razor says "Cash cow".
Most likely they're still selling as many 'scopes as they can make so they haven't bothered yet.
They probably have a new ASIC in the pipeline ready to go if a serious competitor ever comes along.

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IIRC the previous average time between releases of Megazoom ASIC was 6 years. So based on that they should have been developing the Megazoom 5 from at least say 8 years ago (3 years after release max). They probably didn't know the IV would last them 11 years, it would be impossible to predict that.
No doubt the IV has been a cash cow for them, but at what point did they realise that, and that they could just cruise with it for now doing on 11 years?
Was a follow up product developed and they didn't release it because they ran the numbers and decided to just milk the cash cow instead?
I can't believe there is no follow-up product architecture ready or almost ready for release. And a substanital new product release can't just milk the Megazoom IV cash cow again (they have already done that several times), so it needs a new architechure, and as mentioned, it has to be the Megazoom V for marketing reasons.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: mawyatt on February 12, 2022, 03:49:25 pm ---Another thing to consider about integrating an FPGA, memory and advanced ADCs on a single chip is the looming possibility of a new completely different ADC architecture on the near horizon, which would highly devalue the single chip investment in an FPGA, ADC & Memory.

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You can now get 64GS/s ADC's on FPGA's  :o
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/programmable/analog-rf-fpga.html
nctnico:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 13, 2022, 11:48:51 am ---
--- Quote from: mawyatt on February 12, 2022, 03:49:25 pm ---Another thing to consider about integrating an FPGA, memory and advanced ADCs on a single chip is the looming possibility of a new completely different ADC architecture on the near horizon, which would highly devalue the single chip investment in an FPGA, ADC & Memory.

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You can now get 64GS/s ADC's on FPGA's  :o
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/programmable/analog-rf-fpga.html

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IIRC You can buy a couple of cars for the price of one of those FPGAs. An ASIC becomes cost effective quickly especially if you have developed ASICs before.
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