Look at Chinese companies. You won't get latest and greatest (for now) but there is a lot of interesting hardware.
It is way harder to compare them though.
AliExpress is your friend in the current market situation.
It's not a panacea - esp. not in regards to RAM - but it is also kinda exciting to go through all of the different options and listings for different hardware that you'd never have looked at otherwise.
Klaus Frank
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