Not sure if it's a legitimate "problem" or not, but how about the availability of single chips, or 10-packs? Assuming someone wanted to produce a prototype boa

Not sure if it's a legitimate "problem" or not, but how about the availability of single chips, or 10-packs? Assuming someone wanted to produce a prototype board, but didn't want to purchase 1000's of CPU chips, are there many CPU chip makers who offer low quantities like this?