It's a modest step up from the imx5, and OMG MORE COREZ. We're looking at it more for a cost-reduction move from the imx53 than a performance gain.

Freescale got the hint and put a lot of the voltage regulation on-board so there's no need for the external PMIC anymore. That was always the dirty little secret of these SoC chips, you needed the companion chip to make it complete...