The price difference for direct, volume purchases of FPGAs is reportedly about 10-50x lower than the unit price on Digikey, but they keep it very secret so they

The price difference for direct, volume purchases of FPGAs is reportedly about 10-50x lower than the unit price on Digikey, but they keep it very secret so they can price gouge you on negotiations. That VU57P likely costs at most $10-15k when purchased directly and in volume. As a comparison, this fully-built PCIe card with a VU13P FPGA costs $13k at quantity 1: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/BittWare/XUPVV8-0007?qs=vmHwEFxEFR%252Bcb%252Bz%2FjOLtMw%3D%3D https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/BittWare/XUPVV8-0007?qs... While a single unit of a comparable chip to the one on that card costs $77k on digikey: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd/XCVU13P-2FHGC2104E/7604524 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd/XCVU13P-2FHGC...