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		cogman10 on Oct 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Raspberry Pi 5 has no hardware video encoding and ... You generally get bulk discounts. The more vendors you have, the more expensive each is.

bmicraft on Oct 30, 2023 | [–]

Also think of the added development expenses, which might even overshadow forgone bulk discounts

NewJazz on Oct 30, 2023 | [–]

For different SoCs? You would just choose one vendor per device generation (but always evaluating multiple). It is a new order anyways.

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