This has always been the case in the past, but these boards are build around the SOM's. You can just buy these as off-the-shelf components (not counting lead-ti

This has always been the case in the past, but these boards are build around the SOM's. You can just buy these as off-the-shelf components (not counting lead-time issues..). This makes FPGAs much more accessible especially for smaller companies, or not so high-volume projects. You would still need to design something to connect the SOM to, but much simpler than the entire PCB.