"Makes an Arduino look like a 555"

Meh. I, and my target audience, can't build anything from a BGA-packaged processor chip, regardless of how much functionality per dollar it provides. Bunnie has designed some interesting open-source stuff, none of which is buildable without access to manufacturing infrastructure (and probably target quantities) that are beyond most US hobbyists.

(However, it's interesting to compare his efforts with this chip to the current ESP8266 efforts.)