X1000 CPU is PWRficient PA6T

[yoodoo]

A-Eon have made it clear several times that the XMOS chip was Varisys' idea, rather than theirs and has been put on as an almost free extra (£10 or so on a £1500+ board).

Yes, they talked about it in their marketing blurb, but they have consistently avoiding saying what it could be used for and instead made it clear that it would be up to the users to find interesting things to do with it.

The hype came from certain over-enthusiastic community members, NOT A-Eon or Hyperion.

[yoodoo]

They have? Where?

In at least 2 or 3 posts on AW.net and iirc in an AF interview.

I might fish out the references if work is really slow tomorrow...

Have you already forgotten about the "What is X?" nonsense?

Nope - but I read that as generating interest in something a little unusual (which the XMOS is) rather than promising world-changing features and  I don't recall them saying what the XMOS might be actually used for - the earlier versions of the website specifically said it would be up to the users to find uses for it.