The AEMB has recently been selected as the core processor for the OpenPattern OMRP platform. The OpenPattern project designs a modular routing platform using an FPGA. The target is to create a new network router that can be used for mesh wifi networks, as an alternative of ISP home-gateways and as a development platform for future open SoC projects. It aims at producing an open hardware router board with the relevant documentation and resources to build up a complete wireless router. It will provide full access to layout, PCB, netlist, FPGA configuration, bootloader, Linux distribution and wireless applications.

Several months have passed since development on the next generation AEMB core started. During this time, there has been some experimentation on features and architecture, as well as design considerations made, to improve the performance of the core. Some improvements were made to accommodate the ability to execute dual-threads in hardware, while others were made to speed up the pipeline. The major changes are listed below: