In case anyone else was interested, this doesn't mean arm8 is sampling anywhere as far as i can tell, the people doing the work seem to be using a software virtual machine.
Greg KH gave a talk at Linaro Connect recently in which he mentions being contacted by somone who accidentally let slip they were in posession of very new silicon, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiED1K98lnw
In case anyone else was interested, this doesn't mean arm8 is sampling anywhere as far as i can tell, the people doing the work seem to be using a software virtual machine.
http://www.arm.com/products/tools/models/fast-models/foundat...