> Interesting for sure, but the market for people that buy a CPU chip as a standalone item probably doesn't relate much to the overall market. The question the

> Interesting for sure, but the market for people that buy a CPU chip as a standalone item probably doesn't relate much to the overall market. The question then becomes how much the 'overall market' relates to profits. These manufacturers have consistently marketed to the enthusiast/home builder end of the market for decades now; they've never seriously neglected it. I suspect these sales are highly lucrative despite the relatively small volume. It astonishes me that one can mail order a 4096 pin device (sTRX4) and install it by hand in the kitchen, yet here we are, and it's been that way for a rather long time now. If it wasn't profitable the manufacturers would have stop feeding this market long ago.