> It's curious that if it had been designed solely by Varisys it would have like
> featured a Freescale QorIQ processor (since that was their recommendation
> when I was in contact with them).

I'm afraid you're ignoring the chronology here. Varisys' recommendation of QorIQ to you took place 1.5 years after they started to design the Nemo board, according to A-Eon. 2 years ago there simply was no suitable QorIQ silicon available.

QorIQ P1 and P2 (not suited for our purposes):

"The first members of the P2 series are expected to sample to lead customers in Q4 2008, with beta samples scheduled for Q1 2009. The first members of the P1 series are expected to begin sampling in 2009."
http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1165851

QorIQ P4:

"The QorIQ P4080 processor is scheduled to begin sampling in mid-2009."
http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1165848

"Aug. 27, 2009 – Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling its QorIQ P4080 multicore processor"
http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1324841

> Trevor may have made a serious error using the PA6T.

I can't really criticize him for having decided for that CPU about 3 years ago. I think that decision was made even before Apple bought P.A.Semi. Do you think he should better have switched to another available Power Architecture CPU for the X1000 prior to commissioning Varisys two years ago, like MPC86xx or PPC970? If yes, do you really think the X1000 project would be more advanced by now?