> when I discussed PPC based systems with the owner of Varisys
> (the designers of the X1000 motherboard) I got this response:
> "In terms of PPC we are thinking QorIQ here for higher end designs."

Apparently, they've started to follow suit:

"XMC/PMC [...] VM400 (XMC) QorIQ Pxxxx"
"COM Express [...] VPX1 QorIQ P1022"
"PC104 [...] MC104PRQ QorIQ P2022"
http://www.varisys.co.uk/products.html