We will soon launch a new form-factor board designed to cater to the needs of most developers and enterprises in the market (note: this board won’t utilize the 8-series SoC). As you know, we haven’t released new VF2 SDK/Debian images recently; future images version will support both VF2 and the upcoming board.
Regarding 8-series SoC platforms: We currently have no roadmap updates for these. Our chip development plans remain subject to market demand.