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Because it won't sell in anywhere near the volumes comparable x86 motherboards will. It's the same for the Talos II using IBM's POWER. It costs a lot because a
by zahllos 3y ago
Because it won't sell in anywhere near the volumes comparable x86 motherboards will.
It's the same for the Talos II using IBM's POWER. It costs a lot because a) it is designed as a workstation and b) the volume just isn't there.
Economies of scale basically.
- magicalhippo 3y agoAs someone who dabbles in electronics, it was eye-opening to go to DigiKey and PCBWay and price up a modern x86 motherboard. Obviously DigiKey doesn't have the chipset ICs, but at quantities of 100 just the connectors, VRMs, passives and the big 8-layer PCB to house it was so much higher. Like I knew it would be higher, but this exercise really put industrialized manufacturing and economy of scale into perspective.