This is something that is creeping me out about the Pi, does the processor exist? I know that is a weird question but if you go to the Broadcom site and search for BCM 2835 it doesn't find anything, if you search for it you can find this page: <a href="http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835" rel="nofollow">http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835</a> but that has no real data on the chip. The great guys at Octopart.com can't find it either.<p>It supposed to run Linux but without a datasheet for the CPU and its peripheral how does it do that? And what sort of support will Broadcom offer?<p>The FAQ says <i>"In general, you need to look to see whether the program you want can be compiled for the ARMv6 architecture."</i>, ARM V6 (aka ARM 11) rather than Cortex architecture seems a bit behind kinda.<p>And the discussions in the forums about details of the chip being redacted in comments here: <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=36" rel="nofollow">http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic...</a><p>Then we compare the T.I. OMAP 4430 chip (used in the Chumby, Pandaboard, etc) which is the only other ARM chip that can do HD Video and it costs $15/chip in quantity.<p>As someone who has built this sort of thing in the past I am really wondering if they are going to pull it off or flame out. Clearly I hope they pull it off but am really wondering how.