It's because they originally designed around a QFN packaged chip - later switching to a flip chip BGA (FCBGA) package.
There was (and is) hardware on the market that could be adapted to work - but the folks who sell hardware based AES256 applications tend to deal only in the financial/military circles.
Being 'first to market' in btc ASICs didn't seem to be their top priority (much to many peoples dismay).
There was (and is) hardware on the market that could be adapted to work - but the folks who sell hardware based AES256 applications tend to deal only in the financial/military circles.
Being 'first to market' in btc ASICs didn't seem to be their top priority (much to many peoples dismay).