It really boils down to the deal the foundation has with Broadcom, even if you could source the chip you would never be able to beat their unit price. The "ope

It really boils down to the deal the foundation has with Broadcom, even if you could source the chip you would never be able to beat their unit price. The "openness" is rather limited too, there are all manner of NDAs and minimal order quantities associated with the parts in the BOM, nor are the gerbers available. A real pain point for the bleeding-heart OSHW types.