The deal effectively cements the Raspberry Pi to the Arm ISA for an undisclosed sum.
Arm Holdings has announced that it has made a strategic investment: a minority stake in Raspberry Pi.
The deal extends the long-term partnership between Arm and Raspberry Pi, which has seen Arm CPUs feature in all of the Pi and Pi Pico SoCs. The partnership began way before the Pi was available for sale, in 2008, when the original board was still just a dream. Fast-forward to 2023 and we have a generation of learners who have taken their first steps with coding, science and electronics thanks to the Raspberry Pi.
“Arm and Raspberry Pi share a vision to make computing accessible for all, by lowering barriers to innovation so that anyone, anywhere can learn, experience and create new IoT solutions,” said Paul Williamson, SVP and GM, Internet of Things Line of Business, Arm.
Arm’s minority stake in Raspberry Pi also shows a firm commitment to the continuation of Arm CPUs in future Raspberry Pis. With the rise of RISC-V CPUs in devices ranging from $9 to hundreds of dollars, it is clear that we will not be seeing a RISC-V-based Raspberry Pi in the foreseeable future.
See the official release: https://newsroom. arm.com/news/raspberry-pi-investment.
NASA stuff
A NASA team has been using a Pi 3B to help collect and back up data for its SuperBIT telescope. The balloon-launched device busily gathered data from around our home planet for a month. The original plan was to use the SpaceX Starlink system, but after failing, they implemented a backup delivery method using the Pi. Get the science at: www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/11/960.
Useful Micro:bit
In an attempt to resurrect the success of the BBC Microcomputer, the BBC put its weight behind the release of the Micro:bit back in 2016. To help keep these devices alive, the Pi Foundation has a raft of new tutorial material, so go check it out: https://bit.ly/lxf310micro.
