Previously, the Raspberry Pi Foundation had revealed some announcements and one of these are the revelation of its Rev2 board design. While the other is that the company which is based in the United Kingdom declared very interesting on their part the manufacturing for the board which had been moved from China to its Region, the UK, and it made possible because of the deal between Sony and the distributors of the Raspberry Pi, the Premier Farnell.
The founder of Raspberry Pi, Eben and his only full time employee Liz Upton paid an appointment to Sony’s United Kingdom manufacturing plant located in Pencoed, South Wales as last April occurs. Subsequently, the two firms acknowledged the Sony’s team that initiates CEM or the contract electronic manufacture would be suitable for credit card sized single board computer.
The ability of Sony to produce fast and accurate is extraordinary, they have also invested (GBP or British Pound) £50,000 in PoP or Package on Package which is a thing where the Broadcom chip is in the center of the Raspberry Pi is drifted under the RAM chip the hardware and extend the capability for company. Each feature should have to pass with the standard compliance through Sony’s Green Management programme, so they are also capable of taking on the huge responsibility in ensuring the parts used has been managed properly and meet the highest ecological standards.
Raspberry Pi manufacturing has been transferred to South Wales, and approximately six months after as the move is complete, the initial agreement will notice the Pencoed plant creating almost 30,000 Raspberry Pis each month and establish over 30 new jobs. Units allocated by Premier Farnell are transferring production to the United Kingdom, hence units dispersed by the RS Components will remain to be manufactured in China and not all production has been moved to the United Kingdom.
The foundation determined to manufacture the Raspberry Pi in China last year, however it serves to be uneasy decision for them, but it was required as the organization could not find a British manufacturer who will agree on the proposed price per unit. It is based on the numbers with the sales were estimated in the tens of thousands and not the hundreds of thousands that the foundation id currently observing. And side from that there are no manufacturer that anticipates the project would be sufficient to venture line space for just a small device.
Raspberry Pi is powered by a 700MHz ARM chip and has 256MB of RAM, it is sold uncased with an HDMI port, two USB ports, an SD card slot and an Ethernet port, but you need to provide your own monitor and keyboard. Approaching later this year, the Model A will cost for £16 or $25 and the recently available Model B costs £22 or $35. The firm ishoping and making sure to keep their target prices.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2204206/raspberry-pi-manufacture-relocates-to-uk-from-china
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19510600
http://www.techmeme.com/120906/p25
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-production-moves-to-the-uk-2012096/
http://www.geekosystem.com/raspberry-pi-production-moves-uk-sony/