Sorry, "obviously" was maybe a bit too strong a word. Wanted to point out that as nothing is known yet (starting developpement based on an idea, or production started and orders now opened), it is too early to even ask if there is a point to follow them.

Looks like the N9 had a single Cortex A8 (OMPA3630) whereas this is a quad core Cortex A9 (bigger pipeline, out of order execution, and other improvements according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar..._ARMv7-A_cores) which is quite a big difference.
Not yet a high end iMx8 nor a heavy CPU that can be found in Android's latest, but should still be better than the old time of N9.

The biggest difference here is that they are not using as much buzzwords as possible, which makes this a lot more possible (iMx6 can be purchased easily in small orders, not like the things TRI "promised").


Waiting eagerly for locusf to present the project details.