In the spirit of preferring open hardware, and being attracted to open-all-the-way-down systems, this as-yet-unpriced offering of a shiny handheld gadget powered by programmable logic (and therefore the CPU design of your choice) very much appeals to me:
Hackable. In a Good Way.
You can sign up for updates here (“Transparency All the Way Down”) on the inevitable crowd-funding page:
(That first link is Bunnie Huang’s blog - he’s got a solid track record, so this project has credibility.)
I wonder, do we have interest within the Shed for programmable logic projects? (FPGA, CPLD, Verilog)