Glad to see discussion of the 584 and 790 again. In the past a long time ago. ptsc had a family of ignite chips. We could never close a deal. We were very similar to the arm family of chips. instruction etc. Arm had 20 some licensed manufacturers. The only time we came close to selling something was those kiosks in Mexico.

Now do we have some answers to our own questions. Some signing comparisons.

cat vs cummings Do they use the same processing boards? bet they are close. Now who supplies chips?

Direct tv vs sirius radio. Probably close tech. who makes the board and which chips?

Will there be a common denominator? Just imagine tpl employee ordered by his boss. contact ever user of xyz board made by zy co. arm texas inst Motorola??????????

just my view. never look to hard.