Hi All, I am designing a 10-layer board having 6-signal layers and 4 ground planes. The baord has 4 BGA1156 Packages as well as QFP208 Packages. Due to the routing denstiy, I have to use many vias which perforate the planes thus enervating the integrity of power and ground planes. I expect the no. of through-holes to be about 3000 . Can someone give me the crude approximation that by how much times the cost of the Board will multiply if I introduce Blind and Buried Vias ,thus reducing the through-hole vias piercing the planes to about 200-300 instaed of 3000. ADEEL MALIK, Design Engineer, ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu