Yea, if they are adding product lines without an increase in revenue that seems (possibly) concerning, though obviously the current economic situation makes it hard to know how to value year over year comparisons.
Absolutely. So when I'm looking at a product, one of the things I ask myself is, "does this company have a history of releasing immature products, or dropping support for their products quickly?" Obviously it can't be foolproof, but if either of those is a company's general MO, then it's more likely to happen to a new product of theirs, than a company which rarely does that.
I guess the consideration wouldn't be the value of whole product category, but related to changes to manufacture/schedule and changes to sales if they dropped that particular feature?
True, and then every variant in every package version.
But it does cause problems in the current climate as each of those variants do have to make it through the production pipeline (after die fab) which is also constrained at the moment. And of course ST is prioritising "high value customers" (like car manufacturers).
We’re assuming it because that’s exactly what has happened with other products in the past. It’s an issue the field has struggled with, so it seems likely.
I'm wondering how comprehensive the research is that says it's just those 3 vendors and ~7 devices. Given that it's more than one vendor, it feels like a pattern that's a common mistake or design compromise. I wouldn't be surprised if the impact is broader than expected.
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