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Topic
Board Hardware
Re: The performance claims and prices are unrealistic
by
2112
on 28/01/2013, 11:04:15 UTC
Having extra pads for power kinda makes sense, but I wonder why they have dual I/O lines.
In general, number of pads doesn't have to match the number of pins. One could use a power interposer with one ruddy wire to the pin and many thinner wires to the pads.

Maybe they were given a choice: QFN before New Year or TO-220 after New Year. Example custom packaging from the same site:

http://www.psitechnologies.com/products/custom-packages.php

As far as dual I/O: maybe they used some ready-made serial I/O blocks that operate in a dual ring, sort of like FDDI? There are pins named "bypass", which kinda suggests ring topology interconnect.