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Raptor Blackbird system or board this year at a mainboard cost of $875?

• mindcrime 8y ago
  That's progress, I suppose. But that still feels awful steep to buy as an individual / hobbyist. And I still believe that POWER needs to reach a point where the systems are accessible to individual hobbyist / experimenters in order to really take off. If I were already convinced that I wanted to adopt POWER, then as a company, I could possibly justify buying boards at that price. But as somebody who just wants a POWER system to fuck around with and evaluate, that's a tough pill to swallow.
  • classichasclass 8y ago
    How are they supposed to reduce the price further? They don't have the economies of scale of more widespread CPUs and designs, and I think it's unrealistic to expect a small company to issue a loss leader to jumpstart the market. For an exotic architecture I think this price is a steal.
    • mindcrime 8y ago
      You're right, but that doesn't really contradict anything I said. It may be a steal in absolute terms, but most hobbyists still can't afford it. How they get the price down further is a question I don't have an answer for. Then again, maybe I'm wrong and the hobbyist / individual tinkerer market doesn't actually matter. And maybe a bunch of startups and other companies looking for a competitive edge will bet on POWER and start buying these right away. I hope that happens, as that could serve to eventually get them to the "economy of scale" level where the price can come down more.