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[–] Synthead 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My favorite part about these pictures is that it has hardly any relation to the thing they're selling. There is no iceberg-looking illuminated pretend IC with more circuit board traces on top, for some reason.

But the reason they do it is because it helps make a sale. Some people quite literally will choose this product because "ooh shiny rendered picture."

Here's a real picture of a QCC5124:

[–] mrbaby 3 points 1 year ago

And the people who are actually looking for that board would see your picture and buy it because "ooh castellated solder pads"

I would, i fucking love soldering castellated edges

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

They're illustrating how hot the chip will run when you use their included cooling solution.