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Updates        8/4/2021 initial
               Well, that was their advertising tag line in the 1970s
               . Times change. Due to an extended shortage for the
intel delivers NICs used on our boards, we will not be able to make
               regular deliveries in the next few months. The lead
               time for new NIC orders is quoted around 52 weeks.
               Major foundries like TSMC are running at 100%
               capacity, leading to escalating lead times. The
               pandemic has disrupted global logistics, which further
Chip shortages slows down everything. This affects the whole
               industry, not just Intel. For example, Qualcomm does
               not take new orders for the chipset used on wle600vx /
               wle900vx at this time.
               The market price for 256Mx8 DRAM is currently about
               the same as for 512Mx8 DRAM. This makes the 2GB
               configurations rather pointless. Depending on
DRAM           availability and price, we will change to a 4GB
               non-ECC configuration. 512Mx8 DRAM prices seem to have
               stabilized at about twice last year's price - OEMs
               will only buy so much DRAM when they are hamstrung by
               chip shortages.
Change to      I will certainly look at alternatives like Intel i225,
different NICs or Realtek 1G or 2.5G NICs - but this will take months
?              for design, prototyping, testing, EMI certification
               and component lead time.
               There is some limited availability. i211at are
Grey market    expensive, i210at (used on apu2e4) are extremely
for the NICs ? expensive. To focus supply on the customers that
               really need the boards, we will pass on the added cost
               1:1.
apu2e0         2 x i211at. DRAM cost will also add to the old price.
apu2e2         3 x i211at. DRAM cost will also add to the old price.
               3 x i210at, or 3 x i211at (downgrade version, identify
               as apu2e5). Difference between the NICs: i210at
apu2e4         supports 4 receive queues, i211at only 2. This may
               make a slight difference on performance at heavy
               packet loads.
apu3           3 x i211at.
apu4           4 x i211at.
I already paid We will refund your payment. We don't want to sit on
?              your money.
               Please contact us for these options:

                 * Cancel the order.
What about my    * Wait for sunnier days. It could be a long wait.
back order ?     * Get i211at from the grey market.
                 * apu2e4 - Get i210at from the grey market
                   (seriously expensive), or downgrade to i211at
                   (just expensive).

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