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r34per

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Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« on: April 22, 2022, 12:14:21 pm »
The blackbird has been back-ordered for a good while now, I placed an order for one in april of last year for one myself. I didn't mind waiting, but it has been a year since then. To be honest I am growing rather tired of waiting, so I have a proposition to a current blackbird owner-

If you have one you are not really doing much with, would you be willing to do a trade with me? I am offering my on-order blackbird for your current system. I'll cover any costs pertaining to shipping. The one I have on order is the 4 core bundle with a 3u heatsink.

I figure it doesn't hurt to ask, and if someone is willing to take me up on this we can work out the logistics of having my order sent to you.

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Re: Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2022, 02:41:41 pm »
Where are you located?

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Re: Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2022, 03:31:34 pm »
The most recent update on these boards from Raptor's twitter:

Mar 30
https://nitter.net/RaptorCompSys/status/1508960651359793158#m
We'll have these back in stock soon:raptorcs.com/content/BK1SD1/…

I say better late than never.

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Re: Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2022, 03:36:29 pm »
Thanks for the info Borley.  It's too bad we can't hear this from Raptor.  I've called them twice this month and left messages.

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Re: Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2022, 07:06:46 am »
@mpc7500 I'm in the usa

I did see that tweet from them, and I don't mean to speak ill of raptor as I'm sure they're doing the best they can, however that wouldn't be the first time raptor has said that.

I did see this reply from them early march about why they have been back-ordered-

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We'll save the details for the upcoming blog post (if it happens), but yes, in a nutshell one specific silicon vendor has had factories shut down due to COVID, and has impacted a bunch of different industries including automotive (and us) as a result.

My educated guess is possibly the Lattice ICE40HX1K-VQ100 since i couldn't find any reseller that has them in stock.
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Re: Requst for someone who has a blackbird
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2022, 06:30:56 pm »
Thanks for the info Borley.  It's too bad we can't hear this from Raptor.  I've called them twice this month and left messages.

I think they get a lot of inquiry (across all channels) about Blackbirds right now. Things are kept pretty well updated at their twitter, as recent as the last 24h.

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