ACA1230/56 - what's the deal?

[brownb2]

What's the deal with Amigakit not stocking the ACA1230 56mhz? Is this version prone to overheating or something in comparison to the 42mhz?

I've got an O/C'd Viper at 42mhz so the ACA1230/42 model will only get me a nominal speed increase of around 1 MIP or so, whereas the 56mhz is significantly faster tha  the one I have. Really I want my Amiga to be capable of playing stereo MP3s, at the moment I can just manage mono.

[EDIT]I see as of today they don't even have the ACA1230/42 [/EDIT]

[brownb2]

Shame, I'd like to believe there is still a market at least to shift 5-10 units a month but stopping production would suggest it's just not feasible especially if it's just a one man affair.

[brownb2]

That's probably due to the fact that Freescale (who I believe purchased the chip fab from Motorola) only manufacture the chip in sets of 10,000 and the 68030 and below are marked as "discontinued", per unit price depending upon model is ~$100. I guess resellers/trade sellers have to get their markup somehow.

Jens wrote in January:
The CPU chips are ATM available only for astronomical prices.
So it's the price, not shortage.