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by hmry 262 days ago
Wanted to buy a GOWIN FPGA recently, like on Sipeed's dev boards. Mouser wanted $37 for it, more than twice what the whole devkit costs.

Meanwhile the list price from the manufacturer is $3, but it's completely impossible to order anything as an individual. Not sure why they designed a hobbyist beginner-friendly dev board around a part from a company that makes all their products impossible to buy...