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it would be great to see it end up more like PCB fabrication, where anyone can pick up open source tools and then send files off for fabrication in a few days/weeks at moderate cost... I'd pay a few hundred just for the novelty of getting a chip of my own design.

I do think the trends in the industry may allow this to happen in the next decade or so.

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What chip are you missing in Digikey catalog? Does another chip makes economically sense? I mean, one can get everything from 3 cent microprocessor like https://hackaday.com/2019/04/26/making-a-three-cent-microcon... to $50k FPGA.

The type of chip that only Palomides owns. It would be pretty weird if it was available on Digikey.

That exists. If a larger process is ok you can get 10 custom packaged ICs for less than $5K. It doesn’t meet your budget but it’s about the cost of a beater car. Depending on the car. ;)

https://www.planetanalog.com/design-a-custom-analog-ic-in-yo...

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