<div dir="auto">Banana-pi x 16</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2018 5:25 PM, "pw" <<a href="mailto:p.willis@telus.net">p.willis@telus.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What's the deal with CPU prices?<br>
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There are larger economies of scale.<br>
Production is easier.<br>
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If you compare the relative price with CPUs 20 years ago,<br>
factor in inflation and a manufacturing scalar 0.1%/yr for<br>
improved process, a high end CPU should only be about $400.<br>
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In any other industry there would be charges by now.<br>
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P<br>
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