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Different company, the ex-Acorn one was bought by Broadcom in 2000 and disappeared, Farnell renamed itself Farnell Element14 circa 2010 (although it looks like
by fredoralive 4y ago
Different company, the ex-Acorn one was bought by Broadcom in 2000 and disappeared, Farnell renamed itself Farnell Element14 circa 2010 (although it looks like they're just back to being Farnell again now).
- senko 4y agoAh, thanks for clarifying! I wasn't expecting such a name to have been used by two different companies.
- gohohn 4y agoIt's a reference to silicon, the element with atomic number 14. Makes sense that it would be used by more than one company.
- LeonM 4y agoYes, the Element14 that is selling the Raspberry Pi is a subsidiary of Premier Farnell, which is now owned by Avnet. Farnell is the giant electronics behemoth that sells just about every electronic component on the planet. Farnell will also sell you just about every ARM based CPU that is freely available on the market, whether you want 1, or 1 million of them.