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Originally Posted by xor
Well, I can not help it, but to me the Astak devices sound like vaporware: They have been announced a long time ago, the release date has been shifted and shifted again, the projected price went up and up some more.
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Let us suppose a manufacturer making a new computer is getting closer to release date when the chip manufacturer announces a new CPU chip will be out in X months and said new chip will say double the functionality ... is it better for a startup company to release a product that will be obsolete (or at least low-end) in 6 months or less OR try to hang together long enough to be on the cutting edge of the new chip technology?
Start-up companies (or divisions) have greatly increased lead times over existing companies and companies working "the cutting edge" also have much greater than normal delay times. One of the main differences is that startup projects need to start drumming up interest much earlier in the process whereas an existing company/product line is often better off delaying until much later in the process. To me the delays are reasonable and expectedgiven the nature of things.
-Dwarf