> The Pi works differently from other computers I've seen, in that the GPU is responsible for booting the system, and soit always needs the binary blob to start

> The Pi works differently from other computers I've seen, in that the GPU is responsible for booting the system, and soit always needs the binary blob to start. This is common in the ARM world, where there isn't a standard like the "PC standard" on x86 world. Many ARM SoC's have a "bootstrap" core, which is a low power ARM core. All ARM computers boot differently.