<s>
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
is	O
a	O
PowerPC-based	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
intended	O
as	O
a	O
high-end	O
platform	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
A-Eon	O
Technology	O
CVBA	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
and	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
pays	O
homage	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
released	O
by	O
Commodore	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
A-Eon	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
high-end	O
and	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
was	O
formed	O
to	O
allow	O
discussion	O
with	O
key	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
developers	O
about	O
what	O
such	O
a	O
next	O
generation	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
computer	O
would	O
need	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
AmigaONE	B-Device
line	O
from	O
Eyetech	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
success	O
porting	O
the	O
OS	B-General_Concept
to	O
third	O
party	O
machines	O
,	O
A-Eon	O
decided	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
AmigaONE	B-Device
line	O
themselves	O
with	O
more	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
important	O
decision	O
made	O
during	O
this	O
early	O
phase	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
should	O
be	O
a	O
complete	O
system	O
built	O
around	O
a	O
bespoke	O
motherboard	O
with	O
a	O
customised	O
case	O
and	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
contrasts	O
with	O
the	O
adapted	O
reference	O
design	O
strategy	O
used	O
by	O
Eyetech	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
before	O
the	O
'	O
wish	O
list	O
 '	O
was	O
completed	O
,	O
hardware	O
design	O
company	O
Varisys	O
had	O
been	O
chosen	O
as	O
a	O
partner	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
track	O
record	O
both	O
with	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
architecture	O
and	O
with	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Varisys	O
had	O
the	O
consequence	O
of	O
bringing	O
XMOS	O
chips	O
to	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
connection	O
between	O
XMOS	O
and	O
the	O
Varisys	O
team	O
,	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
earlier	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Inmos	B-General_Concept
Transputer	I-General_Concept
,	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
suggestion	O
of	O
including	O
an	O
XMOS	O
XCore	O
chip	O
on	O
the	O
X1000	O
motherboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
XCore	O
chip	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
A-Eon	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
Xena	O
 '	O
Coprocessor	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
prototype	O
machines	O
were	O
manufactured	O
during	O
mid-2009	O
and	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
began	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
porting	O
the	O
AmigaOS	O
to	O
the	O
X1000	O
in	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
hardware	O
designer	O
and	O
manufacturer	O
Varisys	O
had	O
begun	O
the	O
first	O
production	O
run	O
of	O
revision	O
2.1	O
boards	O
destined	O
for	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
beta	O
test	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
A-Eon	O
announced	O
that	O
Amiga	O
Kit	O
would	O
start	O
shipping	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
to	O
customers	O
with	O
AmigaOS4.1	O
Update	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
AmigaOS4.2	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
released	O
by	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
some	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
Xena	O
 '	O
coprocessor	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
XMOS	O
XCore	O
MCU	O
integrated	O
on	O
the	O
X1000	O
motherboard	O
and	O
connected	O
a	O
non-standard	O
expansion	O
slot	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
'	O
Xorro	O
 '	O
slot	O
,	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
Zorro	O
bus	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Commodore	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
last	O
point	O
is	O
worth	O
more	O
exploration	O
;	O
XCore	O
is	O
a	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
architecture	O
;	O
more	O
XCores	O
can	O
be	O
chained	O
together	O
if	O
more	O
computing	O
power	O
is	O
required	O
..	O
Reference	O
boards	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
256	O
cores	O
,	O
offering	O
a	O
theoretical	O
102400	O
MIPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-Eon	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
successfully	O
produce	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
hardware	O
issues	O
(	O
unlike	O
previous	O
AmigaONE	B-Device
boards	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
shipping	O
it	O
in	O
volumes	O
that	O
its	O
detractors	O
claimed	O
would	O
be	O
unlikely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	O
Future	O
magazine	O
also	O
mentioned	O
high	O
price	O
along	O
with	O
lack	O
of	O
drivers	O
as	O
main	O
weak	O
points	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
hardware	O
available	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
PA6T	B-General_Concept
being	O
an	O
end-of-line	O
CPU	O
,	O
A-EON	O
have	O
announced	O
three	O
new	O
boards	O
,	O
the	O
X3500	O
,	O
X5000/20	O
and	O
X5000/40	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
line	O
using	O
Freescale	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
SoC	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
