Afaik first pees were made by salvaging work from failed Nokia contract (700/800) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCor

Afaik first pees were made by salvaging work from failed Nokia contract (700/800) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore Broadcom managed to sell same chip to Roku and some derivatives to Samsung. They havent been able to sell any of the new generations and this supposedly "slimmed down" chip is a sign of capitulation, realization that ship has sailed and Raspberry will be their lone client.