>
> A friend told me that the 50,000 piece price on the slowest XC3S400 in
> the FG456 package would be around $20. The press releases are talking
> about the "smallest" package and 250,000 quantities giving a price
> around $5. I don't know what the "smallest" package is, but I would
> like to meet the guy who is getting the $5 price.

And from my last insight quote for the xc3s200 the smallest package is
three Euro more expensive than the FT256
(VQ100 is smaller both in dimension and in pincount than FT256)

Kolja Sulimma