It's a pretty old chip, and there's a newer generation of Freescale stuff -- the e6500 -- with more cores, smt, pcie 3, etc. Plus, it's kinda expensive compared

It's a pretty old chip, and there's a newer generation of Freescale stuff -- the e6500 -- with more cores, smt, pcie 3, etc. Plus, it's kinda expensive compared to other PPC boards. Even the Qoriq reference board is cheaper [1], and reference boards tend to be rather high priced themselves. If you're gonna run Linux, your best bet is elsewhere. [1] http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/power-architecture-processors/qoriq-platforms/t-series/qoriq-t4240-reference-design-board:T4240RDB?fsrch=1&sr=4&pageNum=1 http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/...