Exophase
Nothing good will ever come of Exophase.
Hardkernel recently announced ODROID-X, a quadcore Exynos 4412 dev board:
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G133999328931
As far as dev boards go this is just a little cheaper than the usual like Beagleboard, Pandaboard, and iMX53QSB. But what makes this a little more interesting is that it uses a separate small module for the CPU, RAM (2GB), PMIC, and USB controller. Hardkernel has always done these modules, but historically they've been a lot more expensive (around $200 at least). They haven't announced a sale price for the module independently, but $130 is the worst case; it could be substantially cheaper, perhaps around $100.
This would still be less efficient than making them yourself, but it has the advantage of being able to more reliably source the parts, and leverage their manufacturing for expensive PoP assembly. The costs for the rest of a gaming handheld PCB wouldn't be too bad since it could probably be done on a lower layer/complexity board with not that many expensive components.
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G133999328931
As far as dev boards go this is just a little cheaper than the usual like Beagleboard, Pandaboard, and iMX53QSB. But what makes this a little more interesting is that it uses a separate small module for the CPU, RAM (2GB), PMIC, and USB controller. Hardkernel has always done these modules, but historically they've been a lot more expensive (around $200 at least). They haven't announced a sale price for the module independently, but $130 is the worst case; it could be substantially cheaper, perhaps around $100.
This would still be less efficient than making them yourself, but it has the advantage of being able to more reliably source the parts, and leverage their manufacturing for expensive PoP assembly. The costs for the rest of a gaming handheld PCB wouldn't be too bad since it could probably be done on a lower layer/complexity board with not that many expensive components.