[kristoffer]

My take on Quark is that it is Intels synthesizable offering. It is available as an IP core that you will include in your own SoC designs. This board could serve as a prototyping board for your SW team while you're busy finishing your own ASIC + boards.

[nate_meurer]

Yes, thanks for bringing that up! Absolutely right, Quark is an entirely new direction for Intel:

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1217623‎

[joezydeco]

Because buying XScale back from Marvell would look stupid?