> another instruction set [...] uses the big endian byteorder [...]. This instruction set > is the MIPS instruction set. [...] the MIPS platform is the obvious best way to go for > an Amiga-like platform.
Endianness depends on the specific microarchitecture.
The MIPS64r6-based Warrior P6600 core does seem to support big-endian, though.
> Imagination Technologies has signed over 20 new licensors these last years
Wouldn't these be licensees?
> I can help with such a project, it would not be with programming since I am no > programmer, just a (very) educated layperson. [...] I have [...] ideas to improve > the performance of the code