When you make your chip through MOSIS, they can build as few as 4 chips
for less than $600. It seems high if you consider just one chip.
However, the savings on circuit board area, power supply and
number of crates in your final system will be significant.
You may get more information from:
Contact:
Prof. Gu Shudi
IHEP AISC Design and Training Center
Institute of High Energy Physics
P.O. Box 918-6
Beijing, 100039
P. R. China
e-mail: gusd@bepc3.ihep.ac.cn