> I'm not worried about the X1000 processing capability. [...] I'm sure if I bought a 2.0 GHz
> 7448 processor for my Powermac, it wouid esily outperform the X1000

MPC7448 @ 2.0 GHz (overclocked) vs. one core of PA6T-1682M @ 2.0 GHz would be an interesting comparison. It might not come out as clearly as you think, maybe even the opposite way :-)

> I see no advantage to the implementation they're making with the X1000 (Xena).
> [...] I don't understand A-EON's intent (with their XENA design).

Here I'm completely with you. XCore/Xena on Nemo makes no sense to me. Their intention might be to offer something they can pretend to be resembling the old Amiga custom chips in philosophy (see Hyperion stating that Xena, "in true Amiga tradition, provides the AmigaOne X1000 with a custom chipset"), which I consider misleading.