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I'd caution you not to expect either of those figures to be "hard" numbers.
While the figure I mentioned for the schematics IS the initial amount that was requested by Acube.

I don't know that 55000 OR 60250 (which is oddly specific) will be the end figure, I just know what has been quoted to get the initial work done.
AND there is a lot of work after that.

Plus, as I'm sure someone will point out, you aren't being promised anything for your money.
And yet...I'm still in.

If we get this done, I will have a PPC laptop that is only slightly slower than my current i7 powered laptop that can support TWICE as many threads.

So...while I look forward to MorphOS moving to X64, AND I have no assurance that an NG OS will ever be ported to this device (IF it even gets built)...I still want one. As a high water mark for PPC development.

I own a Quad core G5, I'll buy an X5000/40 when introduced, and I want one of these.
No one said we had to be practical (or we'd all be sticking with OSX and windows).

Even if this never runs anything other than Linux, I think we will have accomplished something.

And, in terms of computing power, this portable device should be more powerful than an X5000/40 (once SMP is factored in).

As we've also generated some interest in continuing to maintain big endian PPC Linux distros...ah, heck, this will just be...fun!