ASICs are the cheapest option with high enough production quantity. Making a few thousand FPGA boards could cost $100,000-$200,000. For double that, maybe less with the right partners, you could be in the range of an ASIC that could lower per unit board costs by maybe 25%-50% and increase performance by several times. Add 1 GB of memory and you are delivering a full slice of Cherry Pi. It's risky but it is a better plan to add Amiga users than Hyperion ever had. I bet they spent millions on software development only to gain a few hundred Amiga users.
In 2009 gunnar von boehn promised something like raspberry pi.
Wonderful NatAmi with cpu faster than g4 and graphics better than ps3, for 100 euros only.
Even with the later change for graphics ps2 level only, it was a good plan.
if only NatAmi existed in reality, NatAmi would have had great success.
Unfortunately in 2015, as in 2009, gunnar has nothing working and ready to sell.
kleinegun where is my natami?