I am really puzzled by the whole thing. I realise that some hardware may be sold to businesses for other use or as some embedded devices but seriously I can not understand why some hardware that was marketed to cosnumers is not even sold anywhere.
I was searching for some specific hardware and was comparing some specs and reviews and analisys, reading various blogs... anyway "wasted" time it seems. I then see this hardware was presented for example in 2013 yet finding a motherboard with this APU is extremely difficult. after quite long search I found one manufacturer that stopped making them (at least from the comments on boards). the product wasn't that good anyway (or rather had a fan issue). I then found one or two more similar but within a much higher price range and that was it. and the APU I was after is actually not bad.
it puzzles me that time was invested into developing the product, probably considerable engineer hours, marketing was present, they are flashed at fairs and such. new articles, reviews... and then nothing . you can't get it anywhere for that kind of price. they just are not there. or they disappear within months. do these tech companies have so much money they can afford such dead ends? moreover why do they do it if the product is good and praised in reviews for it's good performance at a price.
take for example AMD E-450 (which is now condiered "old tech")- you do a search on motherboards and there is plenty with E-350 chip - a chip that is even older, with overheating issues (they were corrected with 450), much weaker GPU (again corrected in 450 series). yet I can easilly find new E350 or even E240 but not E450. it's similar with newer chips. or some atoms. ok I understand how some of these products might find it's way into like flight entertainment systems and such, but I am surprised that you can't find them readily available on consumer market. there is plenty of Core i boards, or FM or AM3 or whatever the new AMD socket is. but these little things that have good performance at low cost... even if you can find them the choice is really very limited.
is the margin so thin on them or what? and if it is why are they even bothered in making them and marketing them?
I was searching for some specific hardware and was comparing some specs and reviews and analisys, reading various blogs... anyway "wasted" time it seems. I then see this hardware was presented for example in 2013 yet finding a motherboard with this APU is extremely difficult. after quite long search I found one manufacturer that stopped making them (at least from the comments on boards). the product wasn't that good anyway (or rather had a fan issue). I then found one or two more similar but within a much higher price range and that was it. and the APU I was after is actually not bad.
it puzzles me that time was invested into developing the product, probably considerable engineer hours, marketing was present, they are flashed at fairs and such. new articles, reviews... and then nothing . you can't get it anywhere for that kind of price. they just are not there. or they disappear within months. do these tech companies have so much money they can afford such dead ends? moreover why do they do it if the product is good and praised in reviews for it's good performance at a price.
take for example AMD E-450 (which is now condiered "old tech")- you do a search on motherboards and there is plenty with E-350 chip - a chip that is even older, with overheating issues (they were corrected with 450), much weaker GPU (again corrected in 450 series). yet I can easilly find new E350 or even E240 but not E450. it's similar with newer chips. or some atoms. ok I understand how some of these products might find it's way into like flight entertainment systems and such, but I am surprised that you can't find them readily available on consumer market. there is plenty of Core i boards, or FM or AM3 or whatever the new AMD socket is. but these little things that have good performance at low cost... even if you can find them the choice is really very limited.
is the margin so thin on them or what? and if it is why are they even bothered in making them and marketing them?
