Addendum:

> what they had told to Jim, i.e. that A-Eon had to source its own PA6T chips.

Mathias 'Corto' Parnaudeau seems to object to that:

"l'AmigaOne X1000, conçu par la société Varisys, ex-client de PA Semi et détenteur d'un stock de processeurs à ressusciter."
http://obligement.free.fr/articles/pa6t-1682m.php

Google translation:

"the Amiga X1000, designed by the company Varisys, former PA Semi client and holder of a stock of processors to be resurrected."
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fobligement.free.fr%2Farticles%2Fpa6t-1682m.php