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It's simpler and better for both hardware makers and buyers to just keep refreshing instead of trying to get clever about who deserves the current series of chips in their form factor, assuming the refreshes are of similar cost, utility etc.
Software has different properties. If you own it, you can sell it without losing your copy, so you can keep selling it.