Raspberry Pi roundup: Keys to Pi foundry changing hands; Pi in the ocean, sky | Linux Today

Raspberry Pi roundup: Keys to Pi foundry changing hands; Pi in the ocean, sky

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Jon Gold
Aug 11, 2016

Late last month, U.S.-based electronics vendor Avnet purchased Premier Farnell, one of two licensed manufacturers of the Raspberry Pi, for about $900 million. Also, drones, boats and eyes in the skies.

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