Skipworth Sells Ceramic Packages At Plastic Prices

By David Manners on June 24, 2008 2:50 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

 'Transitron have reduced by between 25 and 30 per cent the prices of their ceramic packaged Series IV TTL integrated circuits. The ICs are compatible with 74 series devices'.

 

So starts a story in the June 25 1969 edition of Electronics Weekly. The story continues:

 

'An example of the reductions is the 7490 decade counter, down from 118s 6d to 85s 6d in small quantities.'

 

'Mr R.T.Skipworth' (better known today as Dick Skipworth, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Memec) 'Transitron's UK sales manager, says: "We have succeeded in bringing Series IV ceramics down to within a few shillings of the price of plastic equivalents. This must give the customer a greater choice  where ceramics would be preferred but price has dictated plastic types until now".'

 

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