that stinks, i've always had good success with broadcom devices.
As opposed to what
other kind of success?
Back to thread:
You only know about this news because you were told about it. You didn't know about the different variants of the A9 until the masses in their hysteria-fuelled ignorance, parroted the "news", and no - stop pretending you could tell the difference between them OR that you'd benefit from having one CPU inside versus the other; you couldn't, and wouldn't (even a friend of mine who I expected to know better, went off on one about this total non-issue, LOL.)
Next we'll have people telling us that they can tell the difference between A & B revisions of a certain product because an obsolete USB controller chipset has been replaced with another drop-in replacement. You'll tell us you can tell that Apple have switched resistor suppliers from the precise temperature coming from your MacBook vents - yeah? Okay
Clearly the majority of the MR readership know little-to-zero about electronics and board layouts, unpopulated PCB pads, multiple SMD footprints for drop-in replacement parts (which are factored into many designs - only a fool wouldn't do that when they lay out the board - you want to cover your back, and DO NOT want to lay it out again if you can help it.) You don't get a new Apple product when they switch solder paste suppliers or transistor manufacturers - wake up and smell the coffee - you're in the dark where you belong, because engineers are paid to know this stuff, not everyday people, and why would you care OR pretend to know more than qualified electronics engineers?
Broadcom may or may not disappear, I ain't losing a picosecond of sleep over it, nor should you.
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I wonder what this will mean for projects like TomatoWRT and the raspberry pi? I know the raspberry pi has had many allwinner challengers but none actually took off.
Eben Upton works for Broadcom as an engineer.
If he can't sort something out for them, there's not much hope for the Pi.