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On top of that SBC makers are competing with smartphones for parts. And while possibly a bad example in this regard, Apple has a history of reserving whole yea
by digi_owl 9y ago
On top of that SBC makers are competing with smartphones for parts.
And while possibly a bad example in this regard, Apple has a history of reserving whole yearly factory outputs to ensure they have the parts available.
- gh02t 9y agoNot so much that they are competing for parts with smartphones so much as they are straight up picking up the leftovers. Nobody making SBCs is really shipping enough units to really have any leverage with suppliers, not even the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Any shortages are gonna hit them first.
- digi_owl 9y agoKinda. At least with the RPi it is successful enough that their SOC supplier has been making custom chips for them to maintain various compatibilities while boosting performance.
- frankharv 9y agoWell I lived through the Raspberry Pi2C v1.1 and v1.2 debacle. They switched from an 32 bit CPU to a 64bit CPU without changing the board nomenclature. Couldn't they call it Raspberry Pi2-C to help programmers? [0]https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/11/21/raspberry-pi-2-gets-an-upgrade-to-64-bit-broadcom-bcm2837-processor-with-pcb-version-1-2/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/11/21/raspberry-pi-2-gets-...
- chx 9y agoMore, Apple has been fronting billions for factories and then reserving the output for a while. Crazy.