> There are 3 major players here, Acube, A-Eonkit and HYPErion, all 3 have a stake in this board.

Spectre660 also mentioned Varisys:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=11137&start=186

My question whether Varisys is the board designer remained unanswered. Varisys already offer a P1022-based product, so they have experience with (and maybe also stock of) this chip:

http://www.varisys.co.uk/products/processor-modules/comexp/com6-p1100/

On the other hand, if Varisys is the designer, what's ACube's role in this?

> it reminds me of the Netbook fiasco from a few years back. [...] There are a lot
> of parallels. [...]

I don't see the parallels. The LimeBook Z9 was a third-party product existing completely independent of OS4, whereas the Tabor board has been created with the intention of running OS4 in the first place.

> Speculation was the port was being pushed since Limebooks were available at
> the time for liquidation on Alibaba. Did the same thing happen with this CPU?

I don't think this makes sense. The parts cost of the SoC is just too low compared to the overall BOM and design costs.