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TI kinda sorta helped start BeagleBoard. The founder of BeagleBoard was a former TI sales or applications engineer. TI has always had a strong hand in BB hardwa
by cushychicken 3y ago
TI kinda sorta helped start BeagleBoard. The founder of BeagleBoard was a former TI sales or applications engineer. TI has always had a strong hand in BB hardware design because it’s effectively a reference design for them.
- skykooler 3y agoSimilar to how the Raspberry Pi was developed by former Broadcom engineers and as such uses their CPUs.
- neilv 3y agoIn both cases, there's more to the explanation than that a person used to work for the company. That explanation could be significant and nonobvious. The explanation could also change over time.