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Wasn’t that true of the SoC on the original Raspberry Pi, too? There is a pattern of “offcuts” becoming productized if they stumble into a niche.
by zeckalpha 8y ago
Wasn’t that true of the SoC on the original Raspberry Pi, too? There is a pattern of “offcuts” becoming productized if they stumble into a niche.
- kingosticks 8y agoVideocore 4 processors were also used in a bunch of phones and media boxes. The fact the Raspberry Pi was built on it was more because Eben Upton had worked on it. But it is fair to say they wouldn't have fabbed anywhere near as many had it not been for the Raspberry Pi. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore