Vice President Of Engineering at O & S Services LLC
Real User
Dec 2, 2021
The Broadcom solution is an expensive solution. It's approximately $1,000,000.00 if you want to get a license for the software. You get a white box. A white box implies that the solution has already been completed and that the maker of the white box has already paid $1,000,000.00 for licensing. He will simply sell you the white box, which you can then modify to your liking, as well as the various software components. That is what the majority of people do. If you want to do your own design, you must pay Broadcom $1,000,000.00 for the license. Then there is the matter of spending whatever you want. The chips are worth $5,000 to $10,000 each. They are not inexpensive chips, or they are probably in the $3,000 to $5,000 range; they're expensive chips. You're not talking about hiring a home developer to develop something.
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The Broadcom solution is an expensive solution. It's approximately $1,000,000.00 if you want to get a license for the software. You get a white box. A white box implies that the solution has already been completed and that the maker of the white box has already paid $1,000,000.00 for licensing. He will simply sell you the white box, which you can then modify to your liking, as well as the various software components. That is what the majority of people do. If you want to do your own design, you must pay Broadcom $1,000,000.00 for the license. Then there is the matter of spending whatever you want. The chips are worth $5,000 to $10,000 each. They are not inexpensive chips, or they are probably in the $3,000 to $5,000 range; they're expensive chips. You're not talking about hiring a home developer to develop something.