Interesting that Texas Instruments Raspberry (you know, TI is to BeagleBoard as Broadcom is to RPi) would use a 3rd party SoC. I guess it still uses a AM335x internally so it's a tossup for them.
Would have wished they had updated the AM335x to one of the beefier Sitaras, they are falling somewhat behind if only in clock rate.
it's not really a new SoC ... it's an AM335x die (the real SoC) packaged along with dram, the TI power controller chip along with all the decoupling caps ... what this means is that you can get away with a 4-layer board with components on just one side for a lot of applications and build it at home in a reflow oven
Would have wished they had updated the AM335x to one of the beefier Sitaras, they are falling somewhat behind if only in clock rate.