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You'll be extremely luck if Altera consider releasing such a part. The hobbyist market is not really very high up their list of key markets.
Alex
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Clearly large manufacturers drive production and profits. However, most new products come out of small businesses. If you don't cater to the small business / hobbyist you miss out on future opportunities, which is short sighted. Microchip is a good example of a company that did well in the low end market. And Maxim comes to mind where they dropped out of the small market and then quickly backtracked. Moving the price point for an FPGA into sub-$5 price point opens up new market opportunities.
I can buy EP2C5's for less than the price of a 10M02, why would I buy the new part?
Ron
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