Yes, Paul managed to secure the PA6T cpus and he was one of the few people with experience designing with this chip.
Since they were hard to obtain he suggested I look at Qorlq cpus, before the e5500 core was even announced.

So, how old do you think the idea behind Tabor was when it was first proposed?

[ Edited by Jim 18.05.2016 - 19:19 ]