[PLUG-TALK] Tiny X86 computers? Or, AMD connections?

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 04:31:54PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I use a PC Engines (pcengines.ch of Switzerland) APU2.c
> single board computer (with three ethernet ports) as a
> firewall.  I want another spare, but PC Engines can't
> buy enough AMD processors to make more.

Good news!  mini-box.com in Fremont California has APU.2E2
and APU.2E4 boards in stock.  One is on the way, and will
arrive faster than ordering from Switzerland.

random brainfart:

Mini-box is 13 miles from AMD headquarters in Santa Clara. 
If mini-box has customers that depend on APUs, and AMD or
its suppliers depend on those mini-box customers, it is
in AMD's best interest to fill that pipeline. 

Circular dependencies are bad in software, show-stopping
for essential hardware, and as we learned at the height
of the pandemic, way too common for economic health.

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com