catergories in sw-hw development

1.pure s/w - cost a pc ~ ~20kR --- ibm
2.firmware - cost a development kit with single DSP~ 20kR to 30kR - TI
3.verilog/systemC - cost a FPGA - 2LkR - Xilinx
4.verilog/systemC - cost a SDR FPGA with multi-DSP - 4LkR - Lyrtech + TI

1.FPGA - an arrangement of various IP cores
product will be one single component
for eg: LTE on fpga,
phy will be from X
i2c/spi from Y
pcie from Z
only NAS to MAC will be developed by current company

sometimes the vendor may give some of the above or it needs to be bought from 3rd party