> Wow!
> http://investor.appliedmicro.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=78121&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1622781&highlight=
> Hard to believe they have the resources to create this.

It's been revealed that Applied Micro's development of X-Gene went similar to how they had the Titan core developed before, i.e. they commissioned another company to do the actual development, only that for X-Gene it's been Veloce instead of Intrinsity.
In the process, Applied Micro has decided to acquire Veloce including its development team. Details:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711065/000119312512164604/d334600dex992.htm

Btw, funny statement by Applied Micro's CEO:

"32-bit ARM has been around for 10 years."

(truth: ARM went 32-bit with ARMv3 in 1992, so 20 years ago.)