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Getting downvoted because nobody took the time to read your post, I assume. RPi foundation could probably have their own SoC made at this point, and (finally) h
by phendrenad2 3y ago
Getting downvoted because nobody took the time to read your post, I assume. RPi foundation could probably have their own SoC made at this point, and (finally) having fully open firmware would be a huge selling point and maybe help stave off the clones. So why don't they do that?
- surajrmal 3y agoThey almost certainly cannot afford to do that at the prices they are selling these things for. I'm also not entirely certain a large enough fraction of their customer base cares enough for them to take action here. They are likely doing the practical thing that makes the most sense.
- Andrex 3y agoThe RPi 5 has custom silicon. Custom silicon is hard and few would accept significant a step down in raw power compared to the previous generation while the transition occurs.
- lproven 3y ago[Article author/submitter here] > RPi foundation could probably have their own SoC made at this point "Could have"? The RP2040 chip in the Pi Pico is their own silicon. The RP1 "south bridge" chip in the new Pi 5 is also their own silicon. https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/21/pi_pico/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/21/pi_pico/ This is nothing new. They've been doing it since 2016-2018.
- geerlingguy 3y agoDesigning / building an entire modern(ish) SoC is an order of magnitude different than building a microcontroller (or even something as ambitious as RP1)—I don't think it's impossible for Raspberry Pi someday, but certainly not at their current size / staffing!