thanks to AI demand, Lattice cannot make enough FPGAs to fulfill orders on iCE40's (and probably ECP5's) with less than a year of lead time.

[henearxn@chaos.social]

@whitequark @lynne seems more resins and such, branching out from the chemistry they had developed for food science. This company: https://www.ajinomoto.com

[ariac@donotsta.re]

@whitequark there we go with FPGA shortage again for more absurd reasons this time...

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariac i wonder if TQFPs are still being packaged

[ariac@donotsta.re]

@whitequark and i wonder if the price of used wire bonders already got higher.

i've been coincidentally asked about it today

[irina@critter.cafe]

@HeNeArXn @whitequark the global hardware industry is reliant on the company that makes MSG; the global software industry is reliant on furries. there's a connection here

[azonenberg@ioc.exchange]

@whitequark is the part available in WLCSP? Even if it means a more expensive PCB for early units, a polyimide RDL should not be affected by a BT shortage

[azonenberg@ioc.exchange]

@whitequark (also the consequences of a BT shortage are going to be immense it's gonna hit LGA modules, BGAs, SiPs...)

[emeb@society.oftrolls.com]

@azonenberg @whitequark Did someone say BT shortage?

[ignaloidas@not.acu.lt]

@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems

in theory it would be possible to just glue a die to the PCB and bond it out during assembly, in practice this would be prohibitively expensive as far as I know

Considering that most calculators have chips packaged this way, I assume it's because of the setup costs, not the per-unit costs, right?

[0h00000000@ioc.exchange]

@whitequark Check out the newer Lattice Nexus parts - 9k to 100k logic cells. In stock at Mouser.

https://www.mouser.com/c/?q=LFD2NX-9