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Losses due to delayed market entry (cont.)<br />

• Area = 1/2 * base * height<br />

Peak revenue<br />

– On-time = 1/2 * 2W * W<br />

Revenues ($)<br />

Market rise<br />

On-time<br />

Peak revenue from<br />

delayed entry<br />

Market fall<br />

– Delayed = 1/2 * (W-D+W)*(W-D)<br />

• Percentage revenue loss =<br />

(D(3W-D)/2W 2 )*100%<br />

Delayed<br />

• Try some examples<br />

D<br />

On-time Delayed<br />

entry entry<br />

W<br />

Time<br />

2W<br />

– Lifetime 2W=52 wks, delay D=4 wks<br />

– (4*(3*26 –4)/2*26^2) = 22%<br />

– Lifetime 2W=52 wks, delay D=10 wks<br />

– (10*(3*26 –10)/2*26^2) = 50%<br />

– Delays are costly!<br />

Embedded Systems Design: A Unified<br />

<strong>Hardware</strong>/<strong>Software</strong> <strong>Introduction</strong>, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis<br />

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