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The Raspberry Pi is not a Broadcom project.
by asb 13y ago
The Raspberry Pi is not a Broadcom project.
- general_failure 13y agoI didn't intend my post to mean that. The design of the pi was inspired by the bcm2835 (which is the same thing as the roku 1). What I meant was that the way broadcom designed BCM 2835 with showcasing the VideoCore in mind. Thanks for all your work on the pi btw :) I have been using your debian images last year.
- asb 13y agoOk, I get what you're saying. You're right that the VC4 is the main selling point of the chip. Regarding image and video decoding...well, we do have OpenMAX which is a Khronos standard. It's just pretty horrific for normal people to use. GStreamer 1.0 supports the Raspberry Pi, and v4l support is in development for the camera.
- joezydeco 13y agoBut it certainly had Broadcom help. You can't buy the BCM2835 on the open market, and the project was spearheaded by a Broadcom engineer. It's as much a Broadcom project as Panda/Beagle is a TI project. These are just simpler EVKs rebranded as hobbyist/educational products but they also showcase the chip design as general_failure suggests.