From: lkcl Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:38:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Tag: convert-csv-opcode-to-binary~274 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bc1a54eac76d501508d29820a64d770b062e0fa0;p=libreriscv.git --- diff --git a/22nm_PowerPI.mdwn b/22nm_PowerPI.mdwn index fdb6d569d..47dc201ce 100644 --- a/22nm_PowerPI.mdwn +++ b/22nm_PowerPI.mdwn @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ in the Silicon Industry. As a dedicated Set-Top Box / IPTV solution, the initial Pi processor, the 700 mhz ARM11 BCM2835, was only available from Broadcomm in -Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) of 5 million and above. The *only reason* +Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) of 5 million and above. As a +specialist Vertical Market Applications Processor, it was *not +available* for use in products on the general market. + +The *only reason* that it went into the Raspberry Pi at all (selling in far smaller quantities) was because Eben Upton was an employee of Broadcom and had access to NDA'd internal datasheets. Crucially: on learning that it was to be deployed in an Educational market, Broadcom could not exactly say "no".