OLPC hardware: what if there was an SDR modem / chipset?

[NoiseEHC]

> i've been doing some research and found a couple of companies with SDR
> R.F. front-end ICs.  one is 40nm and is so tiny that it will only cost
> about $2, mass-produced.  also thanks to being in 40nm, the speed of
>   

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> i repeat.  all those can be replaced with _one_ i repeat _one_ single
> solution, costing roughly... $12, if that.
>   

Was the first $2 a typo or maybe I do not get something?