The discussion of e5500 chips is interesting, but I am more interested in seeing what is done with the e6500 designs that are reported to scale from single core, low power, low cost SOC products, up to multi-core, multi-threaded workstation class products.

But most people here agree that it is not cost effective to port MorphOS to any new PPC board designs and the only new boards and chips that porting should be considered for should be x86, x64, or ARM, because those three will be mass produced designs intended for computer use, not an embedded market design, or an expensive custom low quantity design.

I have to agree that it is hard to compete with the currently available G4 & G5 Apple models, if MorphOS is going to be ported to any more PPC designs. The 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac is really hard to beat if you are looking at performance per dollar/pound/euro, as the prices continue to come down.

If the MorphOS Development Team will agree to announce the port MorphOS3.1, or 3.2 to the G5 PowerMac's (including the 2.7GHz model and promise to complete the port), I will agree to raise the money to purchase 10 dual 2.3GHz, or faster G5 PowerMac's for the MorphOS Development Team to use, or hand out to which ever members they choose to give them to.

[ Edited by amigadave 07.05.2012 - 14:56 ]