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Could be that Intel chip supply shortages, and decreased average sale prices (due to AMD offerings) could be the reason for this. Not as many people upgrading as inter generational gains start to level off.

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I think embedded systems account for the vast majority of chip production, so any dynamics involving Intel/AMD would be very minor.

Embedded chips are generally cheap. CPU’s sell for ~1,000x the price of most embedded chips. X00$ CPU vs X0c 32 bit microprocessors / microcontroller etc.

10c 32-bit microcontroller from Intel/AMD? Have I been buying the wrong chips? Care to share some links?

EDIT: commenter above edited their post, mentioned $.10 MCUs from Intel/AMD

I edited the comment for clarity, but never mentioned Intel or AMD.

All right, X0 c 32-bit microcontrollers from whom?

Cypress, Microchip, STM... Really, take your pick.

In units, perhaps, but not in $$, far from it.

Inter generational gains leveled off 5-6 years ago.

I have an intel chip from 6 years ago and I still feel there is hardly any reason to upgrade. It still does everything I need it to do very well. I upgraded my gpu that was about 5 years old and I saw about 3x the performance.

The last few years have been mostly about performance per watt. I changed my notebook a couple of years ago, jumped from an i3 3200 to an i5 7200U. I got 80% better performance (on numerical code) at 15W, instead of 35W for the i3. Unfortunately manufacturers cheaped out on the battery, so I went from 6 cell to 3 cell, for about-ish the same battery life I had on my previous notebook.

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