I believe it's about getting attention and committing to a supplier a certain amount of orders so you get to deal with them directly. If Framework had split th

I believe it's about getting attention and committing to a supplier a certain amount of orders so you get to deal with them directly. If Framework had split the manufacture of this machine between Intel and AMD then the volume of chips may not have been enough to be in a tier one relationship with either. And so you you need to pick one, and they probably felt that going with Intel first was the safe bet. I'm sure AMD will come along soon.